Gambling Addiction: Blame Biology, Not the Individual

Gambling Addiction: Blame Biology, Not the Individual PR Newswire LONDON, September 6, 2012 LONDON, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gambling is often much maligned in the press, as something that breaks homes, causes financial meltdowns and ruins lives on many other levels. However, this one-sided view is easy to take; fuelled by the media's need to pander to the public conception of the gambling world - a world that they would never find themselves locked in, despite their own weekly purchase of lottery tickets and "occasional" punt on the Grand National. The media also seems to portray those addicted to gambling as society's degenerates, people who only have themselves to blame for falling into the destructive cycle of chasing yesterday's losses. As with most subjects though, there is far more to gambling addiction than meets the eye. In this article written and researched by MobileSlots4U, we will look at the reasons behind addiction, in particular the body's reaction to dopamine, to show that gamblers aren't simply people who have themselves to blame and instead that they are people with a predisposition to addiction in one form or another… Should We All Be Addicts? Take a look at yourself and ask one simple question - have I gambled in the last year? At first glance the answer to this might well be that you haven't. But you need think harder. Have you bought a lottery ticket? Have you been to the local bingo club on a whim one Friday evening?