Why is gambling so addicting?

[diegz]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

It's always the money, except if you are rich and just want to unwind by throwing in money. As I see it, most of the time, gamblers do it to make money, if you are doing it to have fun, for sure you are rich enough. Besides, why would gambling site advertise about the jackpots, the money you could win and the ease of money in gambling, it is because it looks more attractive like that than advertising it with "it's fun playing this game" kind of thing. 

[fullypak]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

[Ziskinberg]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

Probably they are gambling money that they cannot afford to lose, gambling is supposed to be fun regardless of the outcome as a gambler you understand already your chances and that is to lose more than you win, so if you put that in your mind you will have peace of mind in gambling.

[serjent05]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

If people are getting stressed after losing money, i think there is some problem with their emotion.  At first they known that gambling will probably cost them to lose money.  They are very aware of it, but instead they got easily frustrated.  I would suggest if you are one of this, don't ever try to gamble because it may lead to gambling problem and may affect those who are around you.

[mirakal]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

If people are getting stressed after losing money, i think there is some problem with their emotion.  At first they known that gambling will probably cost them to lose money.  They are very aware of it, but instead they got easily frustrated.  I would suggest if you are one of this, don't ever try to gamble because it may lead to gambling problem and may affect those who are around you.

Yeah, they are not strong enough and they do not have a place in gambling. It has to be understood by every gambler before entering that it's a game of chance and nothing is certain here therefore it is a high risk activity as it involves money.

[Caladonian]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

If people are getting stressed after losing money, i think there is some problem with their emotion.  At first they known that gambling will probably cost them to lose money.  They are very aware of it, but instead they got easily frustrated.  I would suggest if you are one of this, don't ever try to gamble because it may lead to gambling problem and may affect those who are around you.

exactly if you can't take your loses and if you cant control your self never ever play gamble it will wreck your life and it will not bring any good to you for those who find gambling as a sort of enjoyment i believe they know how to control their emotions and they can stop their self if its needed, so before playing make sure that you are equipped of presence of minds know when to stop when its needed to stop.

[azguard]

Gambling has become one of the most popular pastimes for people today. Whether it’s betting on your favourite football team, playing the slot machine at a local casino, or pulling the trigger in a risky round of Russian roulette, gambling never seems to lose its appeal. It’s easy to understand why people decide to take up gambling – who wouldn’t want to earn a few extra dollars without having to break a sweat?

But i found something interesting, several psychological reasons why some gamblers never seem to get enough. Five main reasons are explained below.

1. Partial reinforcement [showmyads]

You don’t have to be a psychologist to know that reinforcement strengthens behaviour. Reinforcement may be provided on a continuous basis, such as when a child gets $1.00 every time he wins a game of Scrabble, or on a partial basis, as when a person wins at the slot machine after 6, 20, or 100 tries.  As counter-intuitive as it may seem, behaviours tend to persist longer when they are partially rather than continuously reinforced, and this is a major reason why casinos are hardly ever out of business. People don’t expect to win every single time they gamble so when they encounter a loss or even a string of losses, it comes as no big surprise. It’s simply counted as part of the game. Nevertheless, gamblers do expect to be reinforced some of the time and it is this expectation, this belief that “I’ll get lucky next time” that motivates them to continue. They can never be sure which bet will produce rewards but they believe that if they play long enough their patience will eventually pay off…literally!
 

2. Availability heuristic

This describes the tendency of individuals to overestimate the probability of an occurrence simply because it comes readily to mind. Many people believe that plane crashes occur more frequently than they actually do, because such accidents usually receive extensive news coverage, and are therefore more easily recalled than say, car accidents. Cases of persons winning the lottery jackpot are also widely publicized, causing them to stand out in people’s minds. Gamblers might therefore overestimate the probability that they will experience similar winnings because they have vivid memories of these rare success stories. Even when the odds are against them, their faulty reasoning leads them to believe that they have a great chance to win.
 

3. Gambler’s fallacy

 People often make the mistake of thinking that future events occurring in a random sequence will be influenced by past events. This error in thinking is very common among gamblers which explains how the phenomenon got its name. For example, if a person flips a coin 10 times and it comes up heads every time, he might reason that he will get tails on the next try because it is “overdue.” In reality, the probability of getting tails on the 11th try is still 50% – the same as it was on each of the previous 10 tries. The gambler’s fallacy might cause persons to continue investing in a game of chance even after suffering terrible losses, because they think they are “due” for a win.
 

4. Illusion of control

Although gambling activities are often directed solely by chance, many gamblers mistakenly believe that they have some amount of control over the outcome. Thus, they might blow on the dice before they throw or perform some other ritual before a game, assuming that such actions will increase their chances of winning. Since people are more likely to invest in an activity when they believe they can influence the results, the illusion of control actually encourages gamblers to persist in persist in their efforts.
 

5. Loss aversion

This refers to the fact that people are usually more sensitive to losses than to gains of equal value. In other words, the pain an individual feels over losing $100 will likely be greater than the pleasure he feels over gaining that same amount of money. As such, a person might go through more trouble to collect money owed to him than to try to win a prize of equal worth. After experiencing a string of losses, a gambler might continue to invest time and money beyond a reasonable limit, not because the potential gain is especially appealing but because the pain of past losses is agonizing.  Even when gamblers are aware that they cannot possible win back all that they have lost, they often persist in desperate attempts to recover at least some of their losses.

[saiha]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

If people are getting stressed after losing money, i think there is some problem with their emotion.  At first they known that gambling will probably cost them to lose money.  They are very aware of it, but instead they got easily frustrated.  I would suggest if you are one of this, don't ever try to gamble because it may lead to gambling problem and may affect those who are around you.

exactly if you can't take your loses and if you cant control your self never ever play gamble it will wreck your life and it will not bring any good to you for those who find gambling as a sort of enjoyment i believe they know how to control their emotions and they can stop their self if its needed, so before playing make sure that you are equipped of presence of minds know when to stop when its needed to stop.

Even though you will remind those addicted gamblers a million times if they already lose a lot of bitcoins. It won't help them.

Because they have only one goal in their life and that is just to recover their losses. Even you will explain them that it will just pull them into losing more bitcoins.

Still they will stand into their own understanding that they need to recover it.

[YuginKadoya]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

If people are getting stressed after losing money, i think there is some problem with their emotion.  At first they known that gambling will probably cost them to lose money.  They are very aware of it, but instead they got easily frustrated.  I would suggest if you are one of this, don't ever try to gamble because it may lead to gambling problem and may affect those who are around you.

exactly if you can't take your loses and if you cant control your self never ever play gamble it will wreck your life and it will not bring any good to you for those who find gambling as a sort of enjoyment i believe they know how to control their emotions and they can stop their self if its needed, so before playing make sure that you are equipped of presence of minds know when to stop when its needed to stop.

Even though you will remind those addicted gamblers a million times if they already lose a lot of bitcoins. It won't help them.

Because they have only one goal in their life and that is just to recover their losses. Even you will explain them that it will just pull them into losing more bitcoins.

Still they will stand into their own understanding that they need to recover it.

I think the way that they don't respond to your suggestions is because they are really addicted to gambling and their mind is clouded by the many loses they have receive and the many bitcoin they waste with it and time wasted, and people that are addicted to gambling they are not satisfied by their small winnings and betting has been part of their life that is why it is very hard to suggest something to them they wouldn't respond to you at all!

[arseaboy]

Sometimes people still gambling not only for easy money, cause if the reason is only for easy money people who try gambling will know how is hard to win in gambling, another reason and most reason for people still gambling is cause gambling fun activities, even you get lose and make you stress but thats just for a while after that you will start to gambling again

If people are getting stressed after losing money means they are not gambling for fun or entertainment. Because if you play for fun then people will not be stressed after losing money in gambling. If people are coming again after the stress means they want to recover back their losses, so they will, again and again, try their luck.

If people are getting stressed after losing money, i think there is some problem with their emotion.  At first they known that gambling will probably cost them to lose money.  They are very aware of it, but instead they got easily frustrated.  I would suggest if you are one of this, don't ever try to gamble because it may lead to gambling problem and may affect those who are around you.

exactly if you can't take your loses and if you cant control your self never ever play gamble it will wreck your life and it will not bring any good to you for those who find gambling as a sort of enjoyment i believe they know how to control their emotions and they can stop their self if its needed, so before playing make sure that you are equipped of presence of minds know when to stop when its needed to stop.

Even though you will remind those addicted gamblers a million times if they already lose a lot of bitcoins. It won't help them.

Because they have only one goal in their life and that is just to recover their losses. Even you will explain them that it will just pull them into losing more bitcoins.

Still they will stand into their own understanding that they need to recover it.

I think the way that they don't respond to your suggestions is because they are really addicted to gambling and their mind is clouded by the many loses they have receive and the many bitcoin they waste with it and time wasted, and people that are addicted to gambling they are not satisfied by their small winnings and betting has been part of their life that is why it is very hard to suggest something to them they wouldn't respond to you at all!

That's true.. these addicted to gambling are already deeply involved and loses a lot of money and they're chasing their loses thinking that it would return to them instantly.. and they really don't care anymore for what over people say and don't take advise from someone who cares for them.. its just that they really want to refund their lost money in gambling.

[aranachristianjay]

really? do they cheat? or they are just being so lucky? I think they know how to control the game, or they have the strategy, I think they are playing in gambling for years and that's the reason why they know how to handle the game and always win.

I don't think gamblers are vulnerable to cheat. Most of them have to be very lucky to become rich. The experienced gamblers might have learned something from their experience. I watched a clip once that said experienced gamblers who are good in maths are having capability to win always. But stil I have hard to believe. The ones who is always making money is the gambling house.

then, we must know how to make also a gambling house, so that we can also make money with it.  Grin
hehe, I guess some of gamblers are just very lucky when playing gambling.
What you've watched a clip I think that is also true there are some people that are really really good in playing gambling.

[aranachristianjay]

Because with gambling you can win so much money, with gambling you can rich , dont need hardwork just sit and play just let your lucky play and you will get big income.

Well, you also need to tell the negative one. Like you can also easily lose your money and also gambling makes you become greedy if you can't control yourself.

yeah I think losing was most of the time happens than winning in gambling. But if the luck is yours then you are lucky enough to always win in gambling. But yeah, Not all the time luck is always yours so you need also to control yourself when doing this kind of game.

It's the idea of making money easily so it is attracting us. Who doesn't love to have money. We crave to have money to fulfill our materialistic needs. Gambling is an easy option to get rich. You might not know if you'll get lucky but For sure most of the people is gonna lose. It's the hope of instant money that keeps driving us to gamble even if we know the odds of winning.

As a matter of fact, all of us really want money and if we receive money in an instant, we feel an exotic fun  Grin
But also know our limitations in gambling because we don't all have the amount that we wanted.
We need to become wise when playing gambling so that we cannot lose the amount that we can't afford to lose.

[aranachristianjay]

Because with gambling you can win so much money, with gambling you can rich , dont need hardwork just sit and play just let your lucky play and you will get big income.

Well, you also need to tell the negative one. Like you can also easily lose your money and also gambling makes you become greedy if you can't control yourself.

yeah I think losing was most of the time happens than winning in gambling. But if the luck is yours then you are lucky enough to always win in gambling. But yeah, Not all the time luck is always yours so you need also to control yourself when doing this kind of game.

It's the idea of making money easily so it is attracting us. Who doesn't love to have money. We crave to have money to fulfill our materialistic needs. Gambling is an easy option to get rich. You might not know if you'll get lucky but For sure most of the people is gonna lose. It's the hope of instant money that keeps driving us to gamble even if we know the odds of winning.

As a matter of fact, all of us really want money and if we receive money in an instant, we feel an exotic fun 
But also know our limitations in gambling because we don't all have the amount that we wanted.
We need to become wise when playing gambling so that we cannot lose the amount that we can't afford to lose.

That's the bad thing, whenever others feel the happiness of getting a profit. They don't have the plan to quit anymore because they think that luck is always behind them until the streak lose happen and they say that they can recover what they loss until all their money is gone. That's how regret will follow.

almost all of the gamblers experience this kind of feeling. The happiness after winning the game. Then you don't want to quit because you want to earn more but after losing many times you still don't want to stop because you want to recover for what you've lose until you're money had all gone. And that's really a bad thing doing a gambling.

[aranachristianjay]

Gambling is so addicted because of the fact that its enjoying, it already has been said many times but its the truth.
Gambling is fun and if you are playing you want to do it more and more.

Yeah, it is fun and way to get some money by chance so people are addicted to gambling, the fun in gambling and the money in their make gambling more attracted for the users and they then do not leave to gamble and make it their continuous routine.

The fun is a major thing, but i believe the urge to get free money is the biggest problem for addictive gamblers.
For some reason they want/ feel it's normal.

It's normal. It is called gambling because people want the urge to earn, there's no sysmptom of addiction in that. Addiction will come once you want all your earnings to be gambled to recover what you lose.

But after wanting to recovered what you lose, you just actually lose again until nothing left in your pocket. So, be careful of what you wish for, because not all the time you can recovered of what you are loosing. For me, I think it is much better to stop than to lose a lot of money/bitcoin.

[aranachristianjay]

Gambling is so addicted because of the fact that its enjoying, it already has been said many times but its the truth.
Gambling is fun and if you are playing you want to do it more and more.

Yeah, it is fun and way to get some money by chance so people are addicted to gambling, the fun in gambling and the money in their make gambling more attracted for the users and they then do not leave to gamble and make it their continuous routine.

The fun is a major thing, but i believe the urge to get free money is the biggest problem for addictive gamblers.
For some reason they want/ feel it's normal.

It's the lure of what you can gain. Not having to work hard makes it even more attractive. We want instant satisfaction that we get while gambling that makes us feel good inside and want to carry on winning to feel that way again.

Well, also think that not all the time you will win the game and not all the time you will feel happy in gambling, we all know that when we lose we really feel bad. So dont think that you can always enjoy in gambling but it is also depend of what is your purpose why you need to gamble. If your purpose is to just have fun then win or lose you will enjoy it but if your purpose is to gain profit I don't think you will enjoy your game.

[Blitzboy]

Gambling is so addicted because of the fact that its enjoying, it already has been said many times but its the truth.
Gambling is fun and if you are playing you want to do it more and more.

Yeah, it is fun and way to get some money by chance so people are addicted to gambling, the fun in gambling and the money in their make gambling more attracted for the users and they then do not leave to gamble and make it their continuous routine.

The fun is a major thing, but i believe the urge to get free money is the biggest problem for addictive gamblers.
For some reason they want/ feel it's normal.

It's normal. It is called gambling because people want the urge to earn, there's no sysmptom of addiction in that. Addiction will come once you want all your earnings to be gambled to recover what you lose.

But after wanting to recovered what you lose, you just actually lose again until nothing left in your pocket. So, be careful of what you wish for, because not all the time you can recovered of what you are loosing. For me, I think it is much better to stop than to lose a lot of money/bitcoin.

That is newbie gamblers' psychology. They mostly believe that they can recover what they have lost so that they keep playing and playing even though their money continues to disappear. And even if they can manage to return their first balance, they will be too greedy to stop making a bet or playing a games after all

[Rostadom]

Imagine having this feeling and that feeling is so good but you only get it every once in a while. You would want to repeat that again and again. You want every second of your life to feel that feeling. Our brain does that when we win in gambling. When you win money in gambling, you'll feel that amazing thing that you can actually double your money in just seconds. You then eventually consider that feeling as a necessity.

[lite]

Gambling is so addicted because of the fact that its enjoying, it already has been said many times but its the truth.
Gambling is fun and if you are playing you want to do it more and more.

Yeah, it is fun and way to get some money by chance so people are addicted to gambling, the fun in gambling and the money in their make gambling more attracted for the users and they then do not leave to gamble and make it their continuous routine.

The fun is a major thing, but i believe the urge to get free money is the biggest problem for addictive gamblers.
For some reason they want/ feel it's normal.

It's normal. It is called gambling because people want the urge to earn, there's no sysmptom of addiction in that. Addiction will come once you want all your earnings to be gambled to recover what you lose.

But after wanting to recovered what you lose, you just actually lose again until nothing left in your pocket. So, be careful of what you wish for, because not all the time you can recovered of what you are loosing. For me, I think it is much better to stop than to lose a lot of money/bitcoin.

Addiction is really dangerous thing, you must control yourself and gamble in a controlled environment. the want to recover your losses never goes away, just deposit like once, if you lose that deposit don't deposit again.

[20kevin20]

Imagine having this feeling and that feeling is so good but you only get it every once in a while. You would want to repeat that again and again. You want every second of your life to feel that feeling. Our brain does that when we win in gambling. When you win money in gambling, you'll feel that amazing thing that you can actually double your money in just seconds. You then eventually consider that feeling as a necessity.

For me, whenever I deposited, it worked this way both when I lost and when I won. Because when you lose you want to get the red bets back to green, you want profit and not loss. And from "I want X profit" you'll reach the point where you'll say "I want my money back". If you are lucky to get your money back, you'll want profit again. And you'll lose in the long run.

[aranachristianjay]

because you can earn and loss profit at short period of time

not only that. however, gambling was consumed us. time becomes useless because we do gambling.

If you think gambling is just wasting your time means that you do not know how to manage your time, nothing else. So you need to learn how to manage your time on gambling, this is one of the most important parts on how to control yourself on gambling.

Yeah, start managing your time by not gambling. Gambling takes too much time from a person and time is his most valuable asset. So, do not waste you time on gambling because it does not benefit you anything except for a few money here and there. There are things which you can spend your time better like sports or learning trading or enhancing you skills. Those things can be more profitable than gambling.