Quote from: serjent05 on Today at 10:07:29 AM

Quote from: Fiatless on September 01, 2025, 10:46:04 AM

Quote from: serjent05 on August 31, 2025, 10:39:22 PM

I am really intrigued by how a normal gambling session can lead to gambling addiction. I read people saying winning in a gambling session can lead to gambling addiction, while I read in articles that losing also leads to gambling addiction. Does this mean that whether a person gambles for fun or for profit will be a gambling addict, since both winning and losing are experienced by the same group.

Neither wins nor losses lead to gambling addiction. Disorder in betting is caused by behavioural problems. If you have the mentality that a winning streak shows your mastery over the system, you might start gambling excessively. You can also have problems if you assume that you can chase losses and recover all you have lost. If you gamble for fun, I don't think you will chase losses or gamble more than you can afford to lose.

Can you explain to us these behavioural problems? This piques my interest. Does not winning and losing affect this behavior if not can you explain how these wins and losses do not affect the gambler behavior? What triggers these behavioural problems?

The way I understand it, it's all on the mindset of the gambling. So we must be positive that we are going to win no matter what the odds are. But then when the opposite happens, then you might want to recover that lost that will lead to gambling addiction.

And when when you chase and assume that it is the correct way, but then again, as we don't know the outcome and we still lose, then behavorial problem surfaces. So the best solution is just to play for fun and entertain and play with the money that you can afford to lose so that there will be no chasing losses and recouping your money as it is designed to be burn in gambling.