How come people get addicted to slot machines and continue to play hoping to win, if it’s obviously a game designed to make you lose (it gives you back less money than what you put in)?
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[Gambling is one of the most insidious addictions](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/compulsive-gambling/symptoms-causes/syc-20355178). It plays on our reward system, but worse than that, it is a randomized reward system.
Humans and dogs are different, but the [most effective dog training is done with randomized reward.](https://betternaturedogtraining.com/2022/04/28/reinforcement_schedules/)
If you know the pattern you know what to expect, and for those unfortunate enough to win big at the start, they keep chasing the high.
Worse than a drug addiction, gambling addictions are f[ar too late to help once negative repercussions start to shows](https://www.easternct.edu/news/_stories-and-releases/2023/03-march/gambling-in-connecticut-when-does-it-become-a-problem.html)
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