It's because the anticipation of possibly winning releases serotonin in the brain, and actually provides a good feeling until the drawing indicates you've lost.

Anticipation! Hooray!

It's called Anticipation.

I get a sense of anticipation ?

I tremble with anticipation.

Full of anticipation, we brought him home.

I felt a sense of relaxation tempered with anticipation.

There's lots of satisfaction to be had out of the anticipation.

I can feel what you're feeling as you're feeling inside the feeling before.

a Provisions for Zagreb and Belgrade in anticipation of removal from joint accommodation.

DH How you feeling, Barry? You feeling all right?

She complained of feeling chilly.

Had a lot of feeling.

A feeling of insecurity maybe.

No remorse, no feeling of

A feeling of faintness, probably.

Cows moomooing full of feeling.

Feeling depressed?

Feeling better.

What feeling?

Feeling better?

Feeling better?

Female feeling

More feeling.

Feeling better?

I know what you're feeling. I know just what you're feeling.

I got a feeling you're fooling I got a feeling you're

I don't know which it is I like more... the feeling of responsibility or the feeling of power.

Then one day the feeling, that idiotic feeling that you are beautiful, grows inside of you again.

l just asked how you were feeling. l'm feeling fine. And you?

I'm feeling the breath of life.

She was feeling kind of tired.

What kind of a funny feeling?

And this feeling of being followed.

It's a huge feeling of security.

Planning in anticipation of urban growth could warrant investment in large scale sanitation and sewerage systems.

Briefing on youth (in anticipation of two youth events in Portugal, August 1998), 12 March 1998

It's a feeling of letdown, of emptiness.

She came towards him, panting with anticipation cheeks rosy from the strong wind.

That's my feeling.

That Stalling Feeling

I'm feeling fit.

How're you feeling?

What I'm feeling

Hello. Feeling queer?