Gamblers continue to apply the rational principles governing everyday life to a situation that is governed by chance. The pitfall in games of chance is to consider them as games of skill. This fosters an illusion of control and leads to an overestimation of winning chances. The illusion of control, which can be very strong, serves to increase the interest in playing as well as the amount of money gamblers are ready to wager. The gambling experience should teach gamblers that gambling is not a profitable activity, but they do not objectively assess the outcome of their behaviour.
Gamblers tend to remember their occasional wins while forgetting their losses.
They attribute gains to their ability, but attribute failures to external factors. Convinced that they will one day win, they fail to become conscious that their thinking mode is inefficient. Whether compulsive or not, we are all there for monetary gain. Therefore, we are all at risk of becoming pathological gamblers. FOOD For recipes, cookbook reviews, celeb chefs, fun with food and more, come into our Kitchen.