Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 December 2023 21:14
Gambling Psychology At a Casino 2024
I Want To Know Everything.
Psychologists have established some evolutionary patterns of human psychology and found that gambling psychology has at its core the inherent desire of humans to understand the cause and effect of the events in the surrounding world. For example, you know exactly why the sky is blue and the grass is green. A three-year child needs to know the answers to these questions and a thousand others.
Those who have children will understand us. A more complex example: medieval chroniclers, narrating about the battles, described their result in such expressions as "and God gave Prince a victory" or "and God turned away from the Prince".
Search For Excuses In The Circumstances.
If the cause cannot be explained in the material world, there are various signs, predictions, astrology and other magical stuff. Why can't people accept even the elements of uncertainty? The answer is obvious: we can't control them and thus lose control of our lives. You will be surprised, but gamblers are often driven by the desire to find regularities in the game. Everyone knows that there is no more superstitious man than the player. Lucky numbers, signs, small everyday rituals, and even prayer are anything that works to ride the wave. Being excited about finding light patterns reminds me of the passion of a scientist obsessed with the subject of their study.
Too sophisticated, you say? Perhaps, but it is only at first glance. We recently wrote about a new study of gambling psychology and the method of combating Gambling proposed by scientists from Boston. Their studies found that most patients had no idea how the pokies, roulette and card games work. But they enthusiastically devised their successful approach: a lucky positioning at the table, the sequence of buttons pushed at a pokie, a lucky jacket, etc. During the therapy, the doctors explained to the patients how the random number generator works, the probability theory, pokies and other gambling patterns. The result of this «therapy with Mathematics» is stunning: 80-90% of patients got rid of their gambling addiction forever.
I Am The Best
Everyone deep down is sure of their exceptionalism. Just this illusion pushes some players to a gambling table. This player knows all the gameplay mechanics but is still confident that he can beat the pokie, the probability theory, and overcome the law, "casino always wins." Perhaps the rapidly melting pile of chips will be able to convince him, but as practice shows are unlikely. Indeed, the conviction of their exceptionalism is not explained by logic and is not refuted. In this case, this man's gambling psychology lies in the irrationality field.
Moreover, our confidence in our ability to control our gambling addiction will be doubted as soon as we say: "Gambling is not about me. It's all about weaklings, but I'm the best. I will always be able to control myself." By the way, the same arguments are given by those who start smoking or taking drugs...
I Still Recall That Magic Moment.
S. Dovlatov once wrote about memories, which will be translated as "Our memories are selective, like a ballot box". Indeed, long been observed that memory permanently stores the less important events, those associated with intense emotional experiences. And where else can we feel such a rush of adrenaline in everyday life, as not at the game table or pokie?
Oh, what a flurry of emotions is going through a player! But the most interesting: even though the win and loss bring similar emotional experiences, the memory more readily keeps the "winning" emotions, having an impact on the decision when thinking whether to make another bet, go to the casino or stay at home. In turn, the gaming house will do everything possible to fix in the memory of the visitor the moments when he rode the wave: the house congratulations, respectful attention, and complimentary champagne are all to heighten the emotional experience of the win.
Notably, novice casino workers often come to these tricks, especially young dealers. Oddly enough, their memory is fixed on the big winnings of other players too, and they studiously ignore the much more frequent instances of bad luck. Many novice dealers have hands itching to pull the tail of Bluebird of uncertainty, taking the player position at a table. Fortunately for them, it is strictly forbidden by the rules of the casino.
Summary
Gambling psychology includes several components. First and foremost are the intense emotions you rarely experience daily. Gambling is an excellent remedy for boredom and melancholy. The second component is competition. With the dealer, the other players, the probability theory, and with themself. All to prove to ourselves and the world: We are better than anyone else. We do not pretend to complete the study of such a complex subject as gambling psychology, but we have summarised the primary results of modern research. I hope understanding gambling psychology and responsible gambling will allows you to control yourself and your game confidently.
