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Deuces Wild: The Psychology of Gambling Edit
The article that is here on gambling and the psychology behind it. The article is not yet completed but will be soon.
Introduction Edit
component 1 Edit component 2 Edit component 3 edit] Part 1 of this series is a non-peer-reviewed psychoanalysis of the link between gambling and addiction, a field which has only recently started to garner attention from researchers. Replying to an earlier comment, we argue this condition must not be viewed in isolation when it comes to analyzing why one might gamble obsessively, as there are other significant variables at play such as cultural and familial expectations or personality traits. Part 2 of this series, which we aim to publish in a few days, will examine more closely the psychological mechanisms involved in compulsive gambling. History of Gambling Edit This article is not intended to be an in-depth history of gambling or an introduction to its scientific approach, as there are already many good books available on these subjects (e.g. Gamble [1], Lewis [2] and Rabin [3]). We prefer rather to focus on some basic concepts that have been underappreciated by researchers and the general population alike and draw conclusions on how they may relate to addiction and compulsive gambling. It is common knowledge that gambling has been present since the beginning of history. Religious rituals such as the Chinese I-Ching and the Bible’s Book of Numbers were supposedly inspired by a form of dice rolls (I-Ching) or roulette wheels (Numbers 35:6–12). Historical records show that gambling has always been closely linked to war. In ancient Rome, the most widespread games were gladiatorial fights, but there were also halls where soldiers and civilians alike flocked to gamble on chariot races. Even Julius Caesar was not immune to the allure of gambling, which he readily admitted in his book De Bello Civili (Book 3). Moreover, the spirit of competition is not always related to gambling. It was, for example, a key ingredient of the discoverer (alleged) of the modern front wheel and gear technology, Leonardo da Vinci. The invention of roulette is usually attributed to French politician Joseph Grimaldi (1718–1779), but as we will see below it is more likely linked to another French victim of acute gambling addiction – Count Jerome Lalande.[5] The concept that money can be used as a method for dealing with loss was an important breakthrough in sociology and economics. With the application of game theory concepts, economists have been able to prove that when one bets on something that he knows nothing about, it is possible for him to make money each time. This fact seems contradictory, since most people would think that by betting on something about which they know nothing, they will lose more often than win. It is true; if you bet on something you know nothing about, you will most likely lose. But if you bet on something you know everything about – such as roulette – your chances of winning are greater than 50%. (See the section “The Gambler’s Fallacy” below.
The Gambler's Fallacy Edit
In the gambling world, the phrase "to throw the dice" or simply "to throw dice" refers to rolling a die to determine whether one wins or loses something. The gambler's fallacy is an optical illusion [6] that occurs when a person thinks he has a better chance of winning if he tosses three dice instead of two, even though the probability of winning or losing with three dice is no different from it being the case with two. It is also known as Gambler's ruin, Gambler's ruin in four rolls, Don't throw your luck away and Haplography. It is perhaps a misnomer; the fallacy is not that three dice are more likely to land on the point that you want them to than two. Rather, it is the effect of confusion caused by treating three as though it were two. This can be illustrated by the following example: Let's say we want to determine whether or not our team (D) will win. For simplicity we will make all characters one-dimensional, thus simplifying any potential complications with multiple outcomes. Our character represents our team’s probability of winning a basketball game on "X" play depending on whether or not they shoot at goal when they score a goal during the game. The number of players in the team represents X. The probability of a win is denoted by Pr(w).
Pr(w) = Pr(X) * Pr(goal) , where Pr(X) is the probability of X (either a goal or a miss), and Pr(goal) is the probability that they would score a goal.
, where and is the probability that they would score a goal. Our likelihood of winning is dependent on our shot at goal, but since we only have two characters to play with in this problem, it will be less than 1. The third character represents our chance of scoring a goal if we throw three dice instead of two, which will make it easier to determine if we win or lose. If three dice are thrown, we can calculate the probability of our team scoring on X as Pr(X) for two dice and then multiply by Pr(goal) to get a probability for the third die.
Pr(X) = Pr(goal) * Pr(0) and thus, like before, simply rearranging gives us: What is important here is that if we threw three dice, even though we had only two characters to play with in our problem, it did not change what happened. The game could go either way. However, this calculation ignores the fact that the probabilities of losing on X decrease with every die thrown until a win occurs or until it becomes impossible to win. Thus, we have actually learned something from the game: We know now that the more dice (characters) we throw, the more likely our team is to win. However, if you play three times as much with only two dice (two characters), and each time you throw a die you win twice as much, your profit still remains the same.
The Problem of Addiction Edit
According to Christopher Balme, a gambling researcher and Professor at Leeds University who has studied gambling for more than thirty years, the biggest problem in most countries is that people think that gambling is just a matter of entertainment. After all, most people play for fun. But it is the minority who are addicted to gambling that is a major problem for those who have never had problems with gambling addiction. “Only about five per cent of the people who play roulette regularly are gamblers, but for them it’s not a matter of entertainment; they are addicted,” Balme says.
The Gambler's Fallacy and the Law of Large Numbers Edit
Lebow [7] attempted to tackle the problem of addiction by means of evolutionarily-based models.
Conclusion Edit
The gambler's fallacy is a fundamental problem in risk management and statistics, but there is no reason to believe that it should exist. One would think that the average probability of winning with three dice is the same as it would be with two. Why then do so many people bet on three dice instead of two? There are several possible explanations for this phenomenon. However, the biggest explanation for absence of the gambler's fallacy on such a basic level would be simple error - people do not actually make sense when they give numerical answers to probabilistic questions (for example, most people will say that 11% chance is higher than 1%).e work in consistency with the policies of this Wikia. Please feel free to improve it (click "Edit" above).