Have you been able to control the urge to place that bet, spin that wheel or roll
that dice? For you to be able to go a length of time away from the adrenaline.
Would be interested to hear how people can control this.
I'm quite lucky to say, that I was able to restrain myself of heavy gambling.
This question contains the answer, it is all about adrenaline rush. Must be some kind of primordial mechanism built in to human psyche.
I said human where in fact this mechanism would be only justified in case of a men. I bet (no pun intended), that women experience while gambling is much different. This may be a rare example of women's mind superiority over men's.
Guys seem to get more emotional, adrenaline shades few simple facts, makes them irrational. Gals however are able to keep their feeling at bay, self-serving seem to work as a shield and protects them from going crazy with the bets.
There must be a reason why there is such a difference in men to women ratio in gambling.