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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.

You are right though, especially with the part you said all gamblers are not the same, and like i did mentioned in my previous comment on this thread, chasing after loses in gambling is also not an activity only gambling addicts engage in, many non addicted gamblers some how knowingly or unknowingly engage themselves in chasing after gambling loses, so this is a common practise if you ask men.

And like I've said in multiple occasions before, this does turn out favorably for some gamblers who are extremely lucky, while it ends as bad loses for the most gamblers.
One thing I want us all to know is that no matter how practise people engage themselves in in gambling, no matter how dangerous or risky it is, there are some it does turn out to favor, even the addicts included.

Gambling addicts believe they can win back their losses because their mind becomes wired around that single hope. after losing they don’t see the loss as final. they see it as a temporary setback that can be corrected with one more bet. this mindset grows the more they gamble. they refuse to accept defeat because accepting it means facing the full weight of the loss. chasing becomes a way to avoid that feeling and it ends up making everything worse.

Not every gambler thinks the same way. some people know exactly when to stop because they are still connected to logic and limits. others get carried away the moment emotions take over. addiction is not about weak will power alone. it’s a mix of belief emotion reward patterns and the brain telling you that the next spin or the next ticket might be the one that fixes everything. once someone reaches that stage they are not thinking about odds anymore.