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Treatment for problem gamblers uses mathematics to prove they cannot beat system https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-30/new-approach-to-treating-problem-gamble

• imtringued 6y ago
  Okay now that we got the intellectual argument out of the way. Let's talk about the actual experience of gamblers: You're not playing against the house. You're playing against the other gamblers. This is highly prominent in Poker where you try to beat other players. Some gamblers told me about their weird theories about which machine will give them the fattest payouts because they analyzed which machines have been used the most and how to minimize the opportunity cost of their current wager by taking advantage of free services provided by the casino. They clearly aren't in it to stick it to the house. They are trying to outcompete other gamblers with their strategies even with a slot machine.