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I would like to get some personal opinions for a class I am taking and I would like to know what behaviors lead people to develop a gambling problem.  Some people will start gambling for fun and others will start gambling thinking they are going to strike it rich.  I would like your opinions as to why this happens. 

**Disclaimer - I am not a gambling addict**

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I presume people who get addicted to gambling do it out of desperation. To try & make money to pay bills if they're struggling etc. There are lots of reasons but I'd say desperation is the main one.

simple answer is addictive behavior is what leasds to gambling. Same thing that leads ppl to smoke or try other drugs. The thrill is addicting and ppl cannot get enough

i believe that there might be couple of them though the main ones is not thinking about the outcome of the things you do and no feel of responsibility for what you are doing

The #1 cause to gambling addiction is actually winning.

They did studies and actually if you are new to mining and you win at first, then you have the highest odds of being addicted compared to others who lost at first.

* You meant gambling offcourse.

But in that case good for me I lost (a little money).

However I think intelligence is also a factor though. A normal thinking human would not play with his/her money by odds.

the main reason for gambling is to earn easy money very fast, and in the start of the gambling you will win, but after some time the time changes and you start to lose then starts your addiction and you start to get information, details and searches . like this you start to become addicted to gambling.

Yeah people gambling or mostly triggered by greed. The surpassed the 'fun' element.

Thinking you will be lucky, is just blunt. To achieve something you should work hard.

the main reason for gambling addiction is first money
second is money third is more money
ppeople addict on gambling so they can get easy money fast

One of the reasons is the adrenaline rush. Some people even admit that betting a low amount "doesnt get anything going for them". Having big amounts of money on the line provides that rush. Addiction to that gets real easy.

Same thing happens in daily fantasy sports.

The rush/kick is important for gamblers. For them it is some kind of drug they can't live without.
A higher stakes, make it even more intense.

that is why if you want to be in profit take this gambling as a profession and start doing research and analysis about it, i would prefer to go for sports betting because in that you get all sort of details about the match, teams, grounds. so that you can analyse and bet according to that. the profit may be less but in the end you will be in a profit earning system.

I agree with those who say that people get addicted to gambling for the thrill of the game.  The question is what makes it so thrilling?  Most gamblers know that the house always wins and they still move forward with the bad bets.  Is the thrill just that important that they feel the need to get the fix of thrill?

Some people (Including me) have an overwhelming sense of greed. That's how I became addicted to sniping jackpots xD

Some other people just want to have some fun, but get hooked to the idea of earning money. It's just the idea of earning, even if you've lost more than you've earned.

Maybe it's just OCD, too. Some people just need to recoup their losses.

I think most people think they are smarter and they have a tricks which actually beats the house edge so they will try with different tricks and by the time they realize that they are not that smart, it will to late. Mostly people chase either to recover their loses or want to win more.

They presume that they will make lots of money quickly

There is only one word for a gambler's behavior.
And that word is:
GREED

Without that why else would a gambler want to play a game that he/she would throw money into unless they want to profiteer from it? The addiction part comes when they want to try to win back what they lost.
The ones saying it is fun and entertaining that is utter nonsense.

What kind of class is this? Psychology?

And the answer is widespread, depending on the person. Most usually it's chasing losses. "I've lost $10 so now I need to win $10. Now I've lost $50 so I need to keep going. Now I can't pay my rent anymore unless I win! Now I'm going to lose my house if I don't win." And on and on. That's the most common case I see.

I think that the behavior that usually leads to gambling addiction is not treating gambling as recreational. If you play to make bitcoin, when you win bitcoin, you want to win more so you continue gambling, and when you lose you want to gain back what you've lost so you gamble more. Having self control is important.

For me I'd say my gambling addiction took off on my first decent sized win.

I playyed primarily just for entertainment until I hit a decent win.. After that I was hooked chasing that adrenaline rush you get on "yolo" bets.

Overall I say gambling is pretty hard to avoid in the BTC ecosytem.. Its everywhere and for people with addictive personalities it can be a downfall.

^ take his word for it. As a non-investor that followed the situation, I was pretty upset about what you did. But at the same time, I see the addiction as being like a drug, in a sense. I just hope you can keep from falling under again...

I would guess they gamble to mourn their loss. Either they need something to cheer them back up or lost a lot of money, they want to gamble to try to ease away their memories and then leading to a gambling addiction.

Or they could subconsciously adapt a gambling addiction by constantly thinking that it is "impossible" to lose this next time and keep betting more and more money.

Behaviour of looking for Easy money leads to Gambling addiction. If you are lazy and looking for ways to earn money easily and very fast then there is chances of gambling addiction in you

If you are hard worker then don't worry
But one thing always keep in mind, Gambling are not made to make you rich but are made to make you lose your money. So avoid them as much you can

We can call it situations or circumstances rather than behaviour which leads to taking steps in gambling .For example a guy from very rich family will love gambling at casinos not because he wants to become rich but just for fun because he has enough money to waste even if he loses at casinos .Rich people travel around LA just to play Casinos for fun.However if you're broke and want situations to get better you can still gamble as hoping you might just become rich.People with no jobs can also gamble to survive .

As far as my experience, when I see people can win big, I'm asking into myself, why can I win just like he did ?
So for the first try, I'm deposit some amount and the result is I'm win big. For next game, I want to make more profit instead I'm got loss from gambling.
Since human is greed based and never satisfy, so I keep gamble and gamble overtime until I can't realize that I'm already got addicted.

Just good advice: better stay away from gambling if you can't control yourself

Persistence always leads to addiction. People will start gambling for fun at the start and slowly get engaged into the act. It reaches a place where they cant do without gambling. The other reason is because people think that when they keep on with the gambling, they will strike the jackpot and welcome richness. They will therefore keep on trying as they eye for the bigger amounts of cash. Without knowing, they will end up addicted to the activity. You need to watch your frequency of gambling if you want to have control over it.

Addiction will start with just 1 game and keep on thinking that they are able to win. They always have that hope that if they play this round there's a possibility that they can win.

As long as they think there's a possible chance for them to win they will keep playing until there's nothing left to lose.

That is me I will just play more until I lose.

Well with roullete I like it because you can win some. That is why I play more there because I don't feel like I have loss.

ANd I just paly more.

In my experience during play gambling behavior that often I do if I win it will make me become addicted to play again the same if I lose in gambling games I could borrow money from people and then play again until I get bored.
And for now I am grateful not too addicted to playing gambling
only play if I had own capital

The answer is simple. People are delusional and imagine winnings before the game even starts. That's why a slot machine for example gets associated with winning not losing and when they see it they see a prize.
This makes people try their luck and keep pushing despite initial losses.

Mostly people faced losses in gambling, then to recover those losses people keep on investing into gambling and multiply the losses over time. At the end gambling become part of their habit and turns into addiction. Accept loss and avoid addiction is the thumb rule.

Blindly believing in gambling leads to addictions.
Due to the greed of making big amounts of money in quick time many people enters into gambling and making losses until they realize their real situations. This greed turns into addictions.

Yes there are many reasons for gambling addictions, over gambling is one of them. To recover losses people over gamble with out any preparation but only for making money in quick duration. Gambling become addiction when we stick on gambling any reason.

Yes, imaginary thinking of making huge amount of money over short period time is the primary reason for gambling addictions. The real problem is people never come out of their imagination of gambling benefits. This simply leads to life killing gambling addictions.

From my experience our greed to get easy without any hard work lead us to do gambling and the result is get addicted to this on daily basis.

greediness is the short term of all the explation that everyone has been saying specially when they win
the first time they tried that what mostly triggers greed.

There are many possible causes of gambling addictions and some people may gamble for different reasons to other people. It is hard to tell without knowing each subject personally.

But in general there are some common symptoms:

1. Excitement - gambling is provoking your brain to produce the same hormones (endorphins, dopamine and serotonin) called 'hormones of happiness' as you would use drugs.
2. You can be an 'addictive personality'. In short you will be addicted to gambling faster and harder.
3. If you have not other means of wasting your free time, or are depressed or running from your life problems - you will likely be addicted to gambling just to fill the void in your heart.

When you go for gambling with hope you'll have profits in the end, then you are halfway into the addiction.

Don't have clear exit plans and about how much loss you can take is also a factor

Greed of money. A very large number of people have the desire to get rich quick without much effort. You just have to set the limits of loss and never go beyond them.

You can check my old posts , How i behave what are my Style of talking ..etc..
I am a Gambling Addicted man , Don't Be like it, its very Discouraging.

When u wish to return what u invested leads to gambling addiction. Simply more u lose more u play more addicted u are. And I believe there is gambling for fun, and its only way to gamble and to not feel sorry when u lose or not to exited when u win. Just like playing cause its intresting thing to do, more then to do something other in free time. So just dont try to return invested and everything will be fine.

Traditional drinking and drugs along with those who like games of recreation and fancy are behaviours that can lead towards gambling. After a while that becomes greed and turns into a problem, especially for those with addictions or poverty.
Basically gambling starts slowly for most then reaches higher tiers, depending on a persons life situation their attachment to it variates.

Yeah, human behavior and human nature also plays an important role in getting addicted towards gambling, and yes if a person is addicted to other bad habits like drugs or liquor then he needs money for sure, as you don't get drugs very cheaply one need a good money to buy it, and for that either he will choose gambling so that he can make quick money and take care of other addictions.

It is true that greed of money will lead some of them to destruction but with doing gambling we are making some effort too planning on how much are we going to earn but sometimes it is just not worth enough because in the end you will losing all your things down there.

losing, lead to chasing loss, lead to gambling addiction to recover.

some of them said curiosity,they sure that they know how to beat the machine (video poker or slot gambling)

or know how to do analysis to beat the game, but actually the banker and the casino owner know this better than us

the next one is greed, human people most of them has a greed behavior, so they are not easily satisfied

In my case it's curiosity and the challenge but I'm not addicted. I beat the slot gambling machine (dice)  :)  I am interested in other games, but need a little more time to study them.

You are right that usually the banker or casino usually knows better, but not always. If you have a good strategy and analysis you can win, like in my modest attempt or in the case of the MIT blackjack team. Not only you can win, but you can win thousands.

Greed leads to addiction. The euphoria that the gambler experiences when s/he wins is addicting enough that it can fire up their greed in profiting more from gambling. Whether they loose already, the euphoria will be stucked in their heads and so they will continue in hoping that once again they can win so that leads to addiction.

laziness to work hard is the main reason people will addict to these gambling games.

There's a "buzz" associated with gambling, which is both exciting and scary. Chasing that buzz could lead to addictive behaviour.

I don't really understand it. I can play micro-stakes poker and feel my heart beating like crazy when I shove all-in for $5. Then I can bet thousands of dollars on a dice game and feel nothing. It's not about the amount of money involved (for me, at least) - I find poker so much more exciting and stressful than any single-player gambling game.

If you have a gambling problem you need to be careful because if you have this you have gambling problem:
- Feeling the need to be secretive about gambling.
- Having trouble controlling gambling habits.
- Gambling when you cannot afford to.
- Your friends and family express concern about your gambling.
So that you will become addiction.

I think gambling turns into addiction because people keep having hope that they can win. There's always a chance for a win.
That's what the majority of the people are thinking when they are gambling, there's always a next round, next round more chances to gamble away.

Yes that is so true people hoping for a win, but there is also people that is just hoping to get there money back and ending losing.
Og well this is a gambling world right thats what you get if you play.

I am not a gambling addict myself but I got a friend who used to become addicted on gambling and he said that the excitement and the fun he get on gambling made him a gambling addict. Greed is also one factor that made his addiction worse. I think those two factors made someone addicted on gambling.

Yes when you get excitement about gambling like winning than you want more and when you become greedy and have a kick with it .
That is why gambling is not the problem is the people who can't control when they play it.

well everyone hope for a win, even those who hope to get back their money also hope to win in the first place and that is why they gamble instead of choosing other enetertainment.

People start addicted to gambling when they have a big winning , and they will try to chase that from time to time. Phase #1 to be an addicted to gambling. And then peolpe experienced some losing, and lost and lost again make they believe this situation will over very soon and back to the winning but it's never happened and they broke. Phase #2 already being an addicted to gambling.
Becareful on gambling addiction it's dangerous if you can't afford to calm down.

Yes exactly, because they keep thinking that there's a chance to get their money back and they keep on gambling. Which is kinda sad for people who have no self control.

I think people who gamble only think about the winnings and chances they get to win. They don't think about the consequenses that comes after losing. They don't realize what they are doing until they are actually losing and by that time they just wanna continue placing bets because they get another chance to win their losses back.

Yes the arrogant behaviour of winning each and every single bet they place money at, they wish to win it. If you place gambling as a fun and a way to entertain, you will never fall in a trouble. I personally know many hardcore gamblers who now curse themselves for gambling earlier in their life. So play safe :)

Yes being aggressive, must be the prime factor which is leading to gambling addictions. Many people are intensively gambling to recover their losses or to double their betting amounts. These intensive nature always lead to addictions of gambling.

Yeah that is there own problem if they don't control there self. Maybe I am addicted for some games, but I just know how to stop like gambling. If I am losing a lot of money tan I stop.

Aggressive nature in gambling is not at all a good characteristics for a successful gambler. Because when we are unable to control our emotions and being aggressive will lead to not to follow our disciplines and unable to take good decisions at right time. Eventually aggressive nature will lead to gambling addictions for sure.

This all depends on the situations.The most common product of the clause could be "BECOME RICH -THE EASY WAY".Although not necessarily in all the cases,sometimes people are too lazy or illiterate to get a job so only way out is gambling.At times,it starts as a part of fun and then gets all of you into it! As people say if you play at Casinos in LA,its not the Casinos but the lifestyle of gambling that attracts you.

there was a similar thread about the same problem you can search for it and see what others said , this may help you with your study or whatever
for me I think gambling is addictive for many reasons , one of them that the person start gambling then he loses the money and keep trying to get what he lost back , which leads to repeat the process again and again
some gambling games are fun and they lead to addiction just like video games , you can see many people addicted to video games and the same principle sometimes applies to gambling
for me I enjoy playing poker a lot and I make some money from it , the fun part in the game is what I like about it so even when I find a good game I won't play it unless I really want to play and enjoy , but sometimes I have like 8 hours session cause I'm enjoying the game ( which is kinda of addiction in my opinion  :) )

it's complicated , no one can give a simple answer when we talk about addiction in general

Well for my group of friends case is that they are used to gamble since a young age. it is like they have a group of friends to hang out together and they always choose to play mahjong as a form of entertainment to waste the whole weekend easily and the fun factor is high. so it end up they like to gamble and this is like a hobby for thenm that cannot be changed anymore after like 30-40yrs of doing that.

When you start to forget all the good things in life and spend all of your time gambling, that means you have a serious problem. If it gets to that, you will need to choose... so choose wisely!

Very much spot on, actually what you see from young age is what shapes your future. I am not a fan of gambling, since having been myself a victim earlier and watching my friends getting in depression with it, but still I believe if we bet within our limits, its a good habit to entertain us.


Yes we seem to have a 3rd world, where money is the boss and gambling is the way to earn it.

If you will be selling something or loan to take a risk and gamble the funds, this sure is a sign that you need to stop. Its like selling your properties/stuff to buy coke or meth and so this is definitely a sign that you should stop else you'll commit a crime later. Maybe you'd steal something or rob a bank later to meet ends  :D

1. wanna be rich and very greedy
2. need some urgent money but don't have it, so have to gamble to win the easy money.
3. wanna hit jackpot, no matter players play for fun or money.
4. professional gamblers like gambling and they have gambling addiction, but most of them are losing money :o

Yes I agree on this. People tend to do some gambling because they want to become rich and that is the easiest way to double your money or may be hit some jackpot and go home with a big cash. But they never think about how long they their money will hold, when they lose it they will never satisfied and want to try to recover all of their loss and this will end up losing more money and being addicted to gambling

Well, the most behaviour that lead to gambling addiction must be the curious feeling. What i mean is, we as a human always curious for everything that we do. So, we feel curious either we can win or not. Then, when we already gambling, plus got some luck on that day, we will have some extra money for an easy win. Thats make we feel want to make some more money then. At the end of the story, the greedy type of person will got nothing and lose it all.

That make sense and it usually starts with a win and in hopes to win more, one can simply bid more than what they have resulting to have debts on casinos just like what we see on movies.
Those we see on movies are made up stories really and its a bad combination if the addicted one is involved with drugs as well. They tend to sniff these to keep up.

if i win iam willing to bid all until i loose all my Money :(
Thats what i learned out of Gambling or Casino stuff :D

maybe iam not the right guy for Roulette :D But somewhere i got my Skills ;9

regards
lama-hunter

I dont think curiosity will lead to gambling addiction. What I can say people only want to win in gambling but some of them never experience to lose that much and they can't accept that for what happened to them so they keep trying until they lose all of their money. They want to get back what they are losing before, this is what you may not do after you loss because you will bust for sure

i can only think of one , which is greed. especially when someone feel it is profitable and making money out of it. i know someone who's like that and he admit he's really a gambling addict. he's lucky so far but i know he will end up losing if he won't stop.

Many factors contribute to this. Desperation for money is the primary. Other factors include, desire to experience thrills and highs, entertaining atmosphere, the social status to become a successful gambler. Gambling addiction is dangerous. Once it takes hold, breaking the cycle will be difficult. Once the money is lost over gambling, its lost forever. Most of the people who are addicted to this usually go for gambling addiction programs (http://www.canadadrugrehab.ca/Gambling-Addiction-Treatment.html). It helps them control their gambling habit. Some people fall into depression and get addicted to alcohol. Gambling addiction is the most dangerous  of as it leads to other addictions like alcohol, drugs and problems like depression.

A behavior i can tell because i already experienced it few times is greediness it happens after you win your bet then you feel like you want to have more then you bet again but now you are starting lose them all then it leads to getting redemption by getting back what you lost in the first place.

Adrenaline.


Studies found out that if you are very excited or rushed when you gamble, then you will probably gamble too much and lose, and get addicted to it.


The proper way to gamble is with calm music playing in the background, and a silent room, with no distractions.

I'm not a gambling addict, but the times I've bet more than I really wanted to from the start was after a big loss. (And I'm talking $10, not $100's or $1000's). There is something about wanting to recover the loss that gets you in deeper. I imagine that for an addict, they get in a hole (and possible can no longer pay a bill) so they try to recover the loss by playing more. But the hole just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

The adrenaline that it gives to you. That's the addiction. That's the moment where you get addicted

Money!
Why you bet?!? To win! Well all is explained with one word.

Also... when you get a good strike you try to win more and then you loss!

Adrenaline is not the only thing what is causing you too be hooked on a gambling activities.
It is pleasure to feel rush an increased number of hormones in your head but mechanism is far more complicated.
It is a mixture of pleasure, anticipation, greed and lack of something in life that make you an addict.

I do it for passion, not a gambling addict, but play small bets only via BTC don't play with real money, usually I gamble 0.01-0.03 BTC in a week just for the passion of sportsbook. I have a plan before I act, and I stick to it. And I like the fact , more of the times I walk out with more than 0.03 BTC in a week from my bets. Of course I study hard before betting and only do sportsbooks.

one of the reasons a person kencaduan gamble is the challenge. many people admit that bet with a low number of "they're not going to get anything going for them". Having large amounts of money on the line provide a rush. And the reason that lainny is like to get rich quickly in a short time. Many people assume that gambling is one way to get rich in a short time, that is certainly true but gambling need struggle to become rich quick

it is the greedy nature of every human being.
it is more in some people so it leads them towards making some irrational decisions . and when it comes to gambling the chance of winning and getting rich makes them addicted to it and losing a lot of money eventually.

yup, it is the greed that in the first place that make human want to gamble. if a casino just say that you come in and play without any money involved, i dont think anybody would want to go there anymore.

There are many things that lead to gambling but the basic factor that leads to gambling for most of the people is the aggressive nature in gambling or say the greed to win too much in quick time.

Yes indeed it is very true. Many people do gambling in a manner so quickly and too aggressive. It is the most mistaken and at worst in gambling. If you want to get a victory in gambling, should we do gambling in a more relaxed and slowly but surely. do not forget to always use strategies in the conduct of gambling, because of the major key strategy to get the victory. If you've found a good strategy, not to ambition and greed you master your mind, because that can damage and ruin your victory strategy

You are right.
I have faced this addiction and know how bad it is for anyone. Over ambitious of making quick profits from gambling is the prime reason I got addicted. I believe now I understood what is gambling and what I can expect from it.

While addicts of all kinds will try to hide their addiction, gambling may be more difficult to conceal. Gambling addicts must have frequent access to casinos or online gambling pools. Even if they gamble at home when no one is around, the problem will begin showing itself in other areas of the gambler’s life.

Obsessing over any type of gambling, selling possessions in order to gamble, taking bigger and bigger risks are just some behaviors that can lead to gambling addiction.

i was often to do so but i'm not gambling addict because i can control my self and if i was feel enough then i would not do it and stop and i think for those people became and gambling addiction because they are do not have good self control and expect more for their gambling results

Indeed, the point of hiding your addiction is something to keep in mind and the other one is if people are betting to get profit after their losses they made.

These behaviors are very bad and you will be sure the one is doing this is addicted to gambling and is not playing anymore for the enjoying part of it.

The addiction part is not vert reasonable.
In case you need money, you will learn very fast how volatile it is.
This won't make you a gambler since you can't wager much, otherwise why would you need money?
So, most of the times a gambler plays with fortune, perahps some fairy which would make especially him/her very rich.
Addiction is the opinion that luck is a mere probability, and after a long series of misfortune, its time for you to have some luck.

I think some people are more likely to form a gambling addiction than others who do it for a hobby. I think it has to do with their psychology or living conditions which unlock that desire to bet non-stop. If you are not mentally stable then yes gambling is a serious hazard.

One of the major factors are, them getting good early results in gambling which in return they think their going to always win, therefor they keep on playing again which as result, it leads to them losing some along the road, and then they will have the urge to get back what they lost, and so they keep on playing again and again. That's how addiction begins on gambling normally but there are some other factors too like some are so simple minded that whenever they see something too good to be true, they get convinced easily and that's it.

Anticipation, curiosity and surprize is probably the biggest factor.

If there is a stable investment that you know will earn you 1% you wont get excited about it, because you know the outcome.

But if you bet 15,000$ in a 10% wirate scenario with the anticipation of winning 100,000$, or losing 15,000$, then its the surprize that keeps you going.


You cannot know if you end up big winner or big loser. And curiosity is one of the driving forces of humans!

most gamblers who are hooked and addicted to gambling started to gamble and think that it is for recreation purpose... after a while, winning gives them the desire to win more and so they bet bigger and bigger amount til they were busted, then wanted to regain those loses, that's where addiction starts,..

i think they start gambling for fun, and once they win something, they will like it, so they will gamble more and more, if they will loose money they'll want to win it back, til they'll be addicted to gambling

Very rightly said, if they win at primary stage, they feel that they can win more, and then turn up loosing, so after they loose they want to recover their loss and continue to gamble, and they gets addicted to it.

Agreed with you, most of the people just try the gambling for entertainment and lateron gets addicted to make some quick profit. Some people gets addicted in the hope of getting rich as they think its the only shortcut to earn big mony in quick time.

The first and the most important for me is the denial of the gambler fallacy.

It's when you refuse to admit that, whatever you do, the odds of next draw are NOT influenced by the result of the previous bet.
It makes you believe you can actually beat the banks... whereas you CAN'T!

You are wrong on this. I am sure you could beat the house which mean that you get profit, this is proof that you already beat the bank. It doesnt mean you need to make then bankrupt that you are success but with a great profit I am sure you already beat the bank already. So this is how you see things

some just tires it for fun like you say and they like it, so they will gamble again and again each day, other when they tried, and lost their money, will be sad and want to win money back so they will try to gamble next days too, also having no hobby can lead to addiction to gambling

IMO it's trying to chase back to the point of start, Even if you ended with some profit the desire to play "and hence it being an addiction" mostly overcome the person and force them to play again, that increase the addiction and IMO the way people get addicted to gambling.

I think people who gamble only think about the winnings and chances they get to win. They don't think about the consequences that comes after losing. They don't realize what they are doing until they are actually losing and by that time they just wanna continue placing bets because they get another chance to win their losses back.

Well it is a personality trait that can be passed down in your gene pool. I have an addictive personality which is why I have to be very careful how I gamble and always use a small bankroll to begin with or I may go crazy and empty the whole thing. It is like any addiction, people with addictive personalities should never abuse drugs or things like that. Which is why I'm glad I can control myself. Once I lose control that will be the end since the addiction sets in and takes over.

if people think that gambling can make they rich,its totally wrong,gambling can make you rich in gambling industry,not in real life. i mean people rich will use their money for gambling,and ts never ending circulation.

Gambling can never make you rich, at the end of the day you would be holding nothing in your wallet, its only greed and habit of making quick money can make you addicted towards gambling.

I think that those who have a more superstitious perception of "luck" are more inclined to become addicted to gambling than those who take a more scientific approach to the activity.  Those who approach gambling from a "gut feeling," rather than a mathematical understanding, make decisions based on the way they "feel" when they play.  That style of play results in them chasing that "feeling" as opposed to trying to maintain a state of controlled reasoning and making decisions based on sound logic.

I've already talked about this on another thread - I'll quote it here.


But let me continue.

Many would deny the fact that they are addicted to gambling even though they truly are. Why? Denial allows for more excuses to gamble in the first place.
"I'm gambling for fun".
"It's not about the money."

Despite it all, both of those phrases ARE true. The dopamine levels in your system increase, of course, when you are gambling purely for the thrill. Normally, people initially enter the hobby of gambling for the money, but slowly, they start coming back not for money but for the enjoyment of the game itself.

Rationalize.

Also, several experiments were done in relation to gambling.

Check out this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_gambling_task

Excellent citation....

Yes, there are many psychological and physiological stimuli associated with risk vs reward event responses.  It is beneficial to understand those effects to be successful poker player.  I giggled at your above allusion to those who are addicted to losing....it is so true and a "leak" in the games of many; knowledgeable players have an easy time exploiting that behavior.