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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by matheusmoreira on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:58PM (#30156000)
Yeah. People are supposed to lose. They get cut off if they're too succesful.

Even worse is the addictive nature of it. Making money like this is like a dose of dopamine straight in the reward center of the brain. There are people who literally lose everything gambling. Even on the stock market people will make a good call on futures, get high on it and lose everything.

Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by lapetitejort on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:07PM (#30156087)
Losing can also release dopamine [0].

[0]: https://theconversation.com/designed-to-deceive-how-gambling...