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I was down in winter once and decided I'd try out the whole gambling thing. Put 50 into some website and lost it all on a shit game.
Why do people get addicted to that? I experienced no joy and the outcome was exactly what I expected.
The good sites will give you a little bit of your money back so it doesn't seem like complete bull shit and have a lot of "near misses" too.
It can also prey on desperate people who might not usually try gambling but maybe feel like it's their best option at the time.
I won a tiny bit on the first game (like £10 up maybe) but at no point did I believe that a game of odds would possibly allow me to win anything meaningful.
I would equate the experience to burning a £50 note.
But if you’re even the slightest bit aware of statistics, near misses are exactly the same as complete misses. Seems strange that anyone educated falls for it. Desperation I can understand, especially these days when traditional ways of building wealth are almost as bad as just leaving cash under your mattress.
Because in most aspects of human endeavor close to success means try again. You may say that that's true, but only for games of genuine skill, and yes, but part of why gambling fucks with our brains so much is that for a lot of people that difference isn't instinctive.
I tried the online poker thing a little bit. With friends IRL it's fun but online it's boring. People work it like it's their job.
I tried an IRL casino once, won a bunch of money on the first machine and I was thinking I'm done, but had to wait for my friends so I kept doubling a small bet on black on roulette. It landed on red 9 times in a row. It's all a scam
The Martingale system is the definitive example of gambler's fallacy. There's definitely a "smart" way to gamble, but it generally requires games with a skill element, which casinos specifically avoid for this reason.
stupid, the answer is stupid
at least my gambling comes with animated titty first!
People are dumb animals.