Why is gambling so addicting?

Sam Odom · 06-13-12, 01:28 PM

endorphins

Brock Landers · 06-13-12, 01:28 PM

it makes my dick hard

Ghenghis Kahn · 06-13-12, 01:29 PM

dopamine

BIGDAY · 06-13-12, 01:30 PM

Eyeball, stay in the game at all costs pal. Walker thanks you.

Bostongambler · 06-13-12, 01:31 PM

Lets eyeball the question eyeball. We enjoy gambling. Case solved!

milwaukee mike · 06-13-12, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by Brock Landers

it makes my dick hard

pics or it didn't happen

beerman2619 · 06-13-12, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

pics or it didn't happen

coop · 06-13-12, 01:33 PM

gives you a (false?) sense of accomplishment when you win

Brock Landers · 06-13-12, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by coop

gives you a (false?) sense of accomplishment when you win

what the fuk is false about a couple dimes in my pocket?

Easy-Rider 66 · 06-13-12, 01:35 PM

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.

Smoke · 06-13-12, 01:53 PM

Its a disease. If there's a cure for this I don't want it I don't need it

tatommack · 06-13-12, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

endorphins

Ding ding ding Sam is the winner

jjgold · 06-13-12, 01:59 PM

Real simple

Thrill of victory
Agony of defeat

eyeball · 06-13-12, 02:13 PM

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.

PickWinnerAllDay · 06-13-12, 02:15 PM

Dreams baby, we dream what we can buy if we have another heater.

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.

jjgold · 06-13-12, 02:28 PM

Gambling is more addicting than crack

Brock Landers

Ghenghis Kahn · 06-13-12, 02:32 PM

Originally posted by eyeball

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.

Sam Odom · 06-13-12, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by eyeball

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

GunShard · 06-13-12, 04:45 PM

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.

chilidog · 06-13-12, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

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.

Smoke · 06-13-12, 04:49 PM

Gambling is bad

Look at jjgold

Living proof

byronbb · 06-13-12, 04:53 PM

I heard degen gamblers are more likely to get a chemical brain reaction from almost winning.