Anti-addiction casino where you never win positive amount of money, no matter how lucky or skillful

Posted by HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 32 comments

Suppose you're a very savvy and lucky player. In such case, at the very best, you win zero dollars. If you're less skillful and/or lucky, you win -1 dollar (i.e. you owe the house 1 dollar), or -10 dollars, and so on.

The idea is to discourage gambling addiction among players, as it's strictly impossible to make money even by being very skillful or lucky (some people believe in their luck)

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FriskyHamTitz@reddit

Yeah studies show that, most gambling addicts ironically are addicted to the loss

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HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit (OP)

Can you provide a link?

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FriskyHamTitz@reddit

There's a bunch of you Google it

https://whywesuffer.com/problem-gamblers-are-addicted-to-losing/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160721-the-buzz-that-keeps-people-gambling

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xrelaht@reddit

The first link is utterly unscientific. The second doesn’t support the claim.

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FriskyHamTitz@reddit

I don't really care, I'm not here to prove anything to you. I was already hesitant to provide you links because your too lazy to do your own research.

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Ecstatic-Seesaw-1007@reddit

There’s also side effects from drugs that will literally give you a gambling addiction.

There’s a Radiolab episode about this if you want a good listen. The woman in the story lost EVERYTHING. It’s worth a listen, and so are the rest of the stories in the episode.

Addiction is highly tied to the reward centers in the brain. Nothing about addiction is logical.

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WitsBlitz@reddit

Suppose you're a very savvy and lucky player. In such case, at the very best, you win zero dollars.

Friend I don't think you understand how casinos work. Every single game at a casino has negative odds. That means if you play long enough you're guaranteed to lose money. You cannot use skill to break-even.

Certainly you can make money if you get lucky. But that's exactly what keeps people coming back, the vain hope that their luck will change.

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HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit (OP)

I do understand how casinos work, thank you very much. I know about long-term odds.

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WitsBlitz@reddit

Meaning what, the games never pay out?

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HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit (OP)

Yes

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WitsBlitz@reddit

Why would anyone go to your fake casino then?

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Aniso3d@reddit

Studies have shown that the difference between a gambling addict, and a normal person, is that the addict gets the same dopamine hit if they almost win ,vs winning. Whereas a normal person does not.

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HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit (OP)

In the proposed casino they never win, only lose less

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Mundane-Caregiver169@reddit

That’s fundamentally just a normal casino.

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Awsomethingy@reddit

More like an arcade

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jaspersgroove@reddit

I don’t think you understand how gambling addictions - or addictions in general - work.

There are gambling addicts that pay actual money to win in-game currency that is functionally worthless outside of the slot machine app they’re playing.

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Uranium-Sandwich657@reddit

What if every roll is a win?

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EmpireStrikes1st@reddit

That'd be a nice place to visit.

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jaspersgroove@reddit

Then they’ll spend the rest of their life chasing that high.

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HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit (OP)

But at the least harm would be reduced, IMHO. I would expect that it's harder (although still possible) to get addicted when you don't win real money

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HimikoTogaFromUSSR@reddit (OP)

Get a divorce already

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