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Some time ago I watched a documentary about gambling addicts. They claimed they were playing because the game puts you in a kind of stupor which is like being h
by LordHeini 3y ago
Some time ago I watched a documentary about gambling addicts.
They claimed they were playing because the game puts you in a kind of stupor which is like being high.
Winning money did not matter to them as long as the high held on. It is a bit counter intuitive but winning money is not the point of gambling. If an addict wins money he will imedialty spend that money to gamble more.
This app skips the winning and some degree spending, money part altogether. Which is smart if you want to exploit gambling addincts and avoid regulations.
- notfed 3y agoEvery time I've played slots, I just lose repeatedly. I struggle to understand how this can give a high.
- LordHeini 3y agoIt is totaly weird indeed. Some People seem to get in the zone and get completely lost. Sometimes that happens to me while coding. But i can't do it for long and unlike gambling it pays. It is hard to get up from the machine and some even shit themselves. The big casinos often have emergency teams for the people who get heart attacks and die on their chairs in front of the slot machine. It is truly bizzare I never understood the appeal but some people are drawn to this and get absolutely zombiefied. Gambling addiction truly is one of the worst things that can happen to someone.
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoI've only ever gambled once and don't see the appeal, but for some people they can enter a state of "flow". This is very satisfying.
- majani 3y agoSame. Surely they should not let you lose 3 times in a row, that just takes a person out of it. But there are people, mostly the elderly, who get completely taken in by the sights and sounds of a slot machine
- buzzert 3y agoIt’s flow state. It’s the same feeling we get when programming.