Do people get addicted to gambling by wining or losing?

Answer 1

well it could be both, one or the other, or...none! it could be that they become so obessesed with winning thinking that they could get more and more money! or it could be that they keep loosing and think that if they keep at it they'll win! or it could be just the sheer fun and excitement and adrenalin that keeps them at it! it could be any or none of those! you should ask a gambelr......an obsessed one!

Answer 2

wining definitely. its such a rush while you're on a roll.
losing is such a bad feeling, speaking from experiance, losing actually turned me off it. lost a big amount one time and the feeling was so bad, i stopped compeletly now.

also, the actual money you win, atleast for me never feels like alot ($5,000 from a $40 start). Which is odd since if I had $5,000 extra hard earned cash in a bank out, i would feel richer. On the other hand losing $100 I can't afford really hurts. So the addiction is purely the process of wining, the beating of the odds.

Answer 3

NO.dont worry....people will never or wont get addicted to gambling regardless winning or losing.Just take it as a full time hobby and its stress free and it actually excites yr mind.Its very good for yr mind cos it makes u think alot so u actually reduces heart attacks and wont be senile when you get old.

Answer 4

winning because they think they are going to win again if they continue gambling. then they get addicted. gambling is bad. no skills. it's all about luck.
if you keep losing, you would probably leave...

Answer 5

I know this one. Psychologically, the best way to train someone is to reward them for doing what you want. A reward is only rewarding, though until you become satisfied. For example, everytime you eat, you stop being hungry and you get to taste (hopefully) good food. Once you're full, you don't want anymore food, so you stop eating.

If you cut someone's food off though, so that the only way they can eat is to jump up and down one time, then you can bet that person will begin jumping up and down every time they want to eat.

If that's all it takes to receive a full meal, then they'll only do it once. If the person only gets a single bite of food for every time they jump, then they'll continue to jump up and down until they get the full belly they want.

From there, there are techniques you can use to make that person do even more work. Make them jump up and down three times for one bite of food, and they'll jump three times per bite of food. However, the best way to get someone to do a maximum amount of work for a minimum amount of reward is to randomize when the person will or will not get rewarded.

If you have to jump four times to get one piece of food and then jump five times to get the next, and then two times to get the next, then if you jump three times and don't get anything, you won't think that you did something wrong, you'll just think that you didn't do it enough yet, and you'll keep jumping until you get tired.

That's how gambling becomes addictive. It's the random alteration back and forth between losing (not being rewarded) and winning (being rewarded) that makes you play on. Because you don't know how much money you have to put into a slot machine to get a million dollars out of it, you just keep going and paying it off because you know that EVENTUALLY, it will pay off big. Casino managers are VERY familiar with this idea, and exploit it daily. The only difference between playing for fun and playing to feed an addiction has to do with the individual.

If this process of training you to put money in the slot machine or give money to a bookie, or whatever, becomes well-enough ingrained in your mind, and the idea of winning big money becomes so important to you that it takes over your daily life (like the idea of a cokehead getting his next high, or any other addiction), then that's when you have a problem. At that point, it can take years of counselling and training to make the person come to terms with their obsession and understand that gambling isn't as important as they think it is, and that the big payoff isn't as near as they believe it might be.

Answer 6

Probably mostly by winning. If they lose, they wouldent want to play. But if they keep losing they may keep going because they want to win, but when they win they start losing and think they will win again since they won before. Confusing, huh?

Answer 7

Most do, but keep in mind that 'bookmakers' work on mathematical calculations - ignoring the appearance of the favorite thoroughbred horse or competitor.

In that professional role their inclination is to convert $1,000 into $1,100 ($100 profit - 1/10 on!), as opposed to we 'punters' who seek the reverse. Our aim being to succeed with the opposite outcome, converting $100 into $1,000 (10/1).

At the end of most race meetings, bookmakers leave the venue in a vehicle of class and a large bag of OUR cash - they worked on % calculations, we attempted to win on predictions, appearance & on-course 'wispers'.

The only likely theory of eventual success would be spinning a coin - continuously applying 'double or nothing'. It is my thought that were we in the position of betting unlimited $'s - the spinning coin must eventually fall in OUR favour, doubling the previous investment.

At that time the 'even-money' odds fall in our favour - that is the time to collect and leave. One reminder, that is but a theory and well beyond the reach of most of us. Multi-millionairs HAVE failed!

All the best to you (...outide the 'betting arena'!),


Peter

Answer 8

both, they get addicted to winning thinking about making more and more until they lose it all.
and they get addicted to losing by thinking their luck has to change for the better.

Answer 9

they definatley get addicted by both....first by winning bc they think that are going to keep winning. thenagain by loosing bc they want to in the money back.

Answer 10

Both, they win, they get cocky, they lose, they get anxious.




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