Why do gambling addicts often believe they can “win back” losses despite statistical odds being against them? Is it because a weak mind or lack of will power that they have these doubts ?
Gambling addict believe they can win back their loses because they have programmed their mindset like that and they have sworn not to accept defeat and this will eventually causes them to lose more .and more till their sense get straight up after much loses. Well every gambler are not thesame, some gamblers are sensitive enough to know when to stop , apart from some who are always carried away, and that is why they are addict.
The primary error lies in their mindset, which from the outset, misguidedly adopts a gambling viewpoint, believing that winning is a certainty, something that can be achieved at will. And with the acceptance of defeat, people with this viewpoint tend to be unable to accept the loss they experience, so their reaction when they lose is to try to recoup their losses, even if it's more than they've already lost.
This pattern will continue if there's no awareness that their actions are wrong. The greater the loss, the greater the desire to win at any cost. Even though they know they're losing, their only option is to gamble again, hoping for a turnaround.