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Yes I also admit that not everyone is involved in gambling with the intention of earning income but that is another thing if we refer back to the context we discussed above, above I only talked about the majority but I also admit that there is a minority of gamblers who do not experience addiction along with various other impacts due to gambling.
I think we will all admit that the majority of gamblers are those who are likely to become addicted because most of them are gamblers who misunderstand what and how gambling is, or what I mean is some of them are gamblers who come with the wrong perspective such as considering gambling as a place to solve financial problems.
Yeah, I think the most addictive part of gambling is winning a big amount at some point.
After that, your brain might trick you into thinking that you could eventually retire and just keep gambling to make money.
In reality though, it is only the owners of the casino that retired, and are enjoying the gambler's money.
True, in most cases it is indeed the success in achieving a big win that often makes a gambler misunderstand what and how gambling really is, in fact just by successfully achieving one big win it can make them think that "gambling is a decent place to be used as an intermediary to solve financial problems" LOL, but yes that's what happens.
It is a fact that the increase in dopamine can really lead a gambler to the wrong thinking which indirectly also increases their hopes and beliefs that they will be able to get more money later, even the worst thing is maybe like what you said, they quit their jobs and focus on gambling.
In fact, as you said, only casino owners will get a lot of money, that's how great the bookies are, they create algorithms to make gamblers lose their minds and get caught up in hopes that are actually just nonsense.