Designed to deceive: How gambling distorts reality and hooks your brain
- Written by Mike Robinson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University

To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may be part of why almost 80 percent of American adults gamble at some point in their lifetime. When I ask my...
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