Queenslanders bet over $56b last year, but less than one per cent of that went to preventing further harm (www.abc.net.au)

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Frick me, that's a lot of money to throw away for a dopamine hit

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[-] Balthazar@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Is it a dopamine hit, or just the chance of a dopamine hit?

[-] Riftinducer@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

If memory serves, when brain activity is measured in betting, dopamine hits the highest right before the outcome of a bet, so it's effectively the risk inherent in betting that causes the high, not the outcome. I'd have to find the article to becertain, though.

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