2006-10-14 08:35:14 · 11 answers · asked by Fun and Games 4 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
What is wierd is that it is not so much the money, as more of the action. For a gambler, being in action is similar to being high on cocaine for the person addicted to cocaine. Both describe their "drug of choice" as seductive and ultimately destructive.
Video poker and slot machines have been referred to as the "crack cocaine of gambling." Because of their immediate and effective reinforcement schedules, problem gamblers who regularly play these machines appear to progress into pathological gambling much faster than problem gamblers who only gamble at horse races, or other games that do not have such an immediate rate of gratification.
All in all, the thrill of making free money and the thrill of loosing your life...the ultimate high.
2006-10-14 08:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by agent_9009 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A gambling addiction is just like a smoking addiction, a porn addiction, a shopping addiciton or a drug addiciton.
The body releases endorphins. When someone is gambling the excitement of the win is what makes people want more.
All addicitons can be gotten rid of, through therapy or pure will power.
2006-10-14 09:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by cervantescara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason people get addicted to roller coasters and sex. The rush and thrill releases chemicals in your brain that make you feel good. Some people have a larger release of these endorphins and thus, it is much harder for them to quit.
2006-10-14 09:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Education_is_future 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people can play one hand of blackjack and walk away and still others have to play and play till they are way behind. Like drugs, some can just smoke that one joint and be fine, and others have the need to do it all day long and can't stop.
2006-10-14 22:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the easiest way to make money only if people could win the game continously. Most people have a dream of being rich...
Unfortunely, there is no lunch for free.
2006-10-14 12:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by Stan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are human. We are greedy when something free comes in our direction. Since it is free we figure why not get more. The thrill of getting a free hundred dollars, if not more, in your pocket is too hard to resist.
2006-10-14 08:38:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz when you get too interested in something it becomes addictive just as simple as that and people could get addicted to almost anything :P i have too many addictions trust me :P
xxx RuThiE xxx
2006-10-14 08:56:12 · answer #7 · answered by Nirvana FREAK! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the person keeps thinking 'the next time' they will hit it big.But this 'next time' never comes!By the time this realization has set in,they have often lost everything.
2006-10-14 08:38:15 · answer #8 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You always have that feeling you might hit the Jackpot and maybe because we're greedy
2006-10-14 08:43:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people trying to get something for nothing
ha ha ha
2006-10-14 08:38:12 · answer #10 · answered by wil_t52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋