We read a lot about gamblers who are very aware of the risks of losing, and because of that awareness, they’re already willing to lose even before they start gambling. What happens is, they become more loss-oriented (to stay in control) instead of win-oriented.
So for you guys -- do we still consider them real gamblers?
All players that play gambling games are considered as real gamblers regardless on what’s their belief on how they will play. The real definition of gambler is taking risk on gambling games so if they thinking that they will lose already before they start playing is on them only and doesn’t remove the fact that they are still taking risk.
Or are they just here doing some kind of experiment?
What experiment is this? I don’t think any reason for doing an experiment like this.