1. 06-13-12 01:25 PM #1
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    Why is gambling so addicting?

    Maybe you might want to stop, but it doesn't let you, just like alcohol or drugs.
    What is the thrill we get and why do we do it?
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  2. 06-13-12 01:28 PM #2
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    endorphins
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  3. 06-13-12 01:28 PM #3
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    it makes my dick hard
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  4. 06-13-12 01:29 PM #4
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    dopamine
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  5. 06-13-12 01:30 PM #5
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    Eyeball, stay in the game at all costs pal. Walker thanks you.
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  6. 06-13-12 01:31 PM #6
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    Lets eyeball the question eyeball. We enjoy gambling. Case solved!
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  7. 06-13-12 01:32 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    it makes my dick hard
    pics or it didn't happen
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  8. 06-13-12 01:33 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    pics or it didn't happen
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  9. 06-13-12 01:33 PM #9
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    gives you a (false?) sense of accomplishment when you win
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  10. 06-13-12 01:34 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by coop View Post
    gives you a (false?) sense of accomplishment when you win
    what the fuk is false about a couple dimes in my pocket?
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  11. 06-13-12 01:35 PM #11
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    If you gamble on a small scale and for entertainment purposes it can be an enjoyable hobby. If it gets out of control it becomes the great lie, an illusion. And you might find yourself Chasing that High forever.
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  12. 06-13-12 01:53 PM #12
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    Its a disease. If there's a cure for this I don't want it I don't need it
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  13. 06-13-12 01:54 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    endorphins
    Ding ding ding Sam is the winner
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  14. 06-13-12 01:59 PM #14
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    Real simple

    Thrill of victory
    Agony of defeat
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  15. 06-13-12 02:13 PM #15
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    So everyone agrees with this?

    Gambling is an activity that is entirely dependent on brain activity. It is a well known fact that gambling releases endorphins in our brains that stimulate desire for continuous gambling. This is why gamblers are known to spend hours at the gaming tables, shooting the dice or betting at the turn of a card. That is a good thing. And it all happens in the brain.
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  16. 06-13-12 02:15 PM #16
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    We could win the 100 million jackpot and we'd still dream about what we could buy if we turned that 100 million into 200 million.
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  17. 06-13-12 02:28 PM #17
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    Gambling is more addicting than crack

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  18. 06-13-12 02:32 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by eyeball View Post
    So everyone agrees with this?

    Gambling is an activity that is entirely dependent on brain activity. It is a well known fact that gambling releases endorphins in our brains that stimulate desire for continuous gambling. This is why gamblers are known to spend hours at the gaming tables, shooting the dice or betting at the turn of a card. That is a good thing. And it all happens in the brain.
    that's for normal people...

    More brain dopamine is released in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of compulsive gamblers when they are winning money than in people who don't have a gambling problem, according to this intriguing study.
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  19. 06-13-12 04:43 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by eyeball View Post

    So everyone agrees with this?

    Gambling is an activity that is entirely dependent on brain activity. It is a well known fact that gambling releases endorphins in our brains that stimulate desire for continuous gambling. This is why gamblers are known to spend hours at the gaming tables, shooting the dice or betting at the turn of a card. That is a good thing. And it all happens in the brain.

    We offer a revolutionary procedure that involves the surgical removal of the entire neo cortex of the brain to help the person overcome gamblers' block. We've come to this idea after realizing that the neo cortex of the brain is actually unnecessary for normal living; it is probably an evolutionary mistake. But a person can normally live without it.


    the full study/article


    http://ncig.org/gambling-brain.html
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  20. 06-13-12 04:45 PM #20
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    I believe that you are a square if you find gambling addictive.

    Try waiting weeks or a month just to spot bet on one game that is basically a lock.
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  21. 06-13-12 04:47 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    We offer a revolutionary procedure that involves the surgical removal of the entire neo cortex of the brain to help the person overcome gamblers' block. We've come to this idea after realizing that the neo cortex of the brain is actually unnecessary for normal living; it is probably an evolutionary mistake. But a person can normally live without it.


    the full study/article


    http://ncig.org/gambling-brain.html

    LOL.

    We offer a revolutionary procedure that involves the surgical removal of the entire neo cortex of the brain to help the person overcome gamblers' block. We've come to this idea after realizing that the neo cortex of the brain is actually unnecessary for normal living; it is probably an evolutionary mistake. But a person can normally live without it.


    You need the neo cortex if you are going to be a scientist, poet, composer, or a philosopher, but as a gambler it's only in the way as it is the part of the brain that is solely responsible for people experiencing gamblers' block.


    After discovering that people with a highly developed neo cortex cannot function properly as gamblers, we decided to test subjects who volunteered to have their brains surgically modified, by removing the neo cortex. The results were astounding. Without the neo cortex all of our volunteers drastically changed their behaviors and none of them ever exhibited any signs of hesitation when it came to gambling. Plus, as an added bonus, people without the neo cortex are happier.


    Thanks to our findings, we now offer a simple surgical procedure that involves the removal of this unnecessary part of the brain.
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  22. 06-13-12 04:49 PM #22
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    Gambling is bad

    Look at jjgold

    Living proof
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  23. 06-13-12 04:53 PM #23
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    I heard degen gamblers are more likely to get a chemical brain reaction from almost​ winning.
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