https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/uobc-sfg120320.php
News Release 3-Dec-2020
University of British Columbia
People with gambling problems are less likely to consider important information that could prevent them from losing, according to new research published today from the UBC's Centre for Gambling Research.
Instead, people with gambling disorder pay more attention to irrelevant information from the previous gamble to inform their next choice.
"Our research may help explain why individuals with gambling disorder continue to gamble in the face of mounting losses, and on games that have a very small chance of winning," said Eve Limbrick-Oldfield, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral research fellow at the UBC department of psychology and Centre for Gambling Research.
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"We found control participants paid attention to both the prize size and chance of winning when choosing between the lotteries but the individuals with gambling disorder were more likely to ignore that information. Instead, they relied on whether they won or lost in the last gamble to make a decision," said Limbrick-Oldfield. "The finding can be easily translated into real-world gambling situations. For example, someone using a slot machine that hasn't paid out in a while can believe that the machine is somehow 'due' a win."
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