Gambling Addiction
Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature - Edmund Burke
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How the Brain Gets Addicted to Gambling
When Shirley was in her mid-20s she and some friends road-tripped to Las Vegas on a lark. That was the first time she gambled. Around a decade later, while working as an attorney on the East Coast, she would occasionally sojourn in Atlantic City. By her late 40s, however, she was skipping work four times a week to visit newly opened casinos in Connecticut. She played blackjack almost exclusively, often risking thousands of dollars each round—then scrounging under her car seat for 35 cents to pay the toll on the way home. Ultimately, Shirley bet every dime she earned and maxed out multiple credit cards. “I wanted to gamble all the time,” she says. “I loved it—I loved that high I felt.”
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Can Gambling Machines Prevent Addiction?
As the software becomes increasingly capable of “thinking” like the gamblers themselves, experts in the gambling research community are working to create machines that will identify and assist problem gamblers, rather than simply pushing players deeper into a financial hole.
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Modern slot machines develop an unbreakable hold on many players—some of whom wind up losing their jobs, their families, and even, as in the case of Scott Stevens, their lives.
Huge Study On Internet Gaming Addiction Turns Up Controversial Results
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Millennials And Gambling Addictions
The psychology of gambling has been studied for decades and historically, many of the reasons for partaking make a whole lot of sense. In the case of millennials, the reasons are quite similar, yet slightly different all at once.
We need to talk about gambling and its effects on society
It is a serious addiction, which affects the endorphins in your brain in the same way as drugs and alcohol. It’s time we place gambling on the same stage and identify how it plays its part in society.
When Is Gambling an Addiction?
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How the Brain Gets Addicted to Gambling
Addictive drugs and gambling rewire neural circuits in similar ways.
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