rjarias well first off , you already have the discipline, to stop , so that's not the issue, second, we all have had those times where we've blown more than we wanted, I once had reached a 1000, for the first time, then I moved away from what got me , to that point, and it backfired on me, so you are not alone there, glad to see that you're winning again, having a starting balance of $200-$250, is great, I'm back at $0, lol, but I have a straight system for both pick 3 and 4, that I'm working hard on, it's ok to take a break from playing, the lottery as I say, is the Biggest business in the world, and it's not going anywhere, they can come out with crypto and all these other things, but the lottery will still be here, that's how powerful it is, you don't have to play all states, get you about 3-10, states and focus only on those, getting greedy always make us want more,so just having that discipline not to overplay is hard for the best of us, you will figure it out in due time, just keep up the good work, on and off paper, my system is the same, but it's going to be powerful, check out my threads recently and see those straight hits it just produced, sadly I didn't get to hit , waiting to load my account, but it's ok, I'll be back at 1000$ very soon,then unlimited potential from there, good luck again.