Eli5: How do gambling addictions happen?

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My dad once told me that when he visited Vegas he tried out gambling; he won $20, decided to push it a bit, and ended up losing $60. He felt terrible about it and never tried it again. How do people get hooked if there’s so much you can lose?

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It’s difficult to describe, but winning the occasional pot is so much like a drug hit, it’s incredible. And without an extraordinary amount of discipline, it’s very easy to get caught up trying to chase that high again, and making stupid decisions to try to reach it, like playing bad hands, or chasing small odds.

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