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Yes I agree with your idea that gambling is more than just a fun game, there is something they are after and maybe we can already conclude here that they are after a return on the money they put in, or I mean wanting a bigger amount than the capital money they brought. On the other hand, if they're just there for the fun of it then aren't there plenty of other things they can do without the possibility of risk such as playing online games for example? Obviously, and gambling is someone's choice to pursue something that is basically not easy to achieve.
As you said that if fun is the main priority then I think people will prefer to gamble on a demo account which certainly does not require real money capital and only requires free time, so your assumption is quite reasonable in my opinion and it can be a strong reason why people come to gamble.
Yeah, there is a small amount of fun that people get when playing the free games, but that's quickly gone and the interest of actually making real money starts.
At the end of the day it is the idea of making money that is the addictive ingredient, the games, lights, sounds, etc, are all there to help, but they are not the main thing.
One of the things that makes it less fun when we gamble in free mode is that there is no thrill of winning like when we do it on a real account and that is one of the reasons why people are not very interested in free mode when all the games are exactly the same. We can't lie to ourselves that winning is the result we always want even though our main focus is only for fun for example, but I'm sure behind the fun there must be a little purpose in winning, or the situation can be reversed where people prioritize winning over fun, in the sense that it doesn't matter to withstand the various pressures of bad spins that occur as long as the end result is what they want, but when the time comes they are again slapped by the fact that defeat still dominates because luck is not there. Hope and strong belief make them do whatever it takes to chase the uncertain results, this is the idea of making money that is contrary to what happens at the end of the session and also that will never end unless they stop.