Editing Game of chance (section)

== Addiction ==
{{main|Problem gambling}}

People who engage in games of chance and gambling can develop a strong dependence on them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telework.ro/en/gambling-and-chance/|title=Gambling and chance|date=24 November 2014|publisher=SetThings|language=en|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209045455/https://www.telework.ro/en/gambling-and-chance/|url-status=live}}</ref> This is called psychopathology (addiction) of "pathological gambling". According to psychoanalyst [[Edmund Bergler]], there are six characteristics of pathological gamblers:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-31 |title=Player Psychology |url=https://www.giochidislots.com/it/blog/la-psicologia-nel-gambling |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=todayspsychology |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Edmund Bergler |title=The Psychology of Gambling (1957) |url=http://www.hopital-marmottan.fr/articles/jeupatho.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123042338/http://www.hopital-marmottan.fr/articles/jeupatho.php |archive-date=2015-11-23 |access-date=2017-07-06 |website=hopital-marmottan.fr}}</ref>
# They must play regularly: the issue here is to know when the subject performs "too much".
# The game takes precedence over all other interests.
# There is optimism in the player that is not initiated by repeated experiences of failure.
# The player never stops until they win.
# Despite the precautions that they originally promised, they end up taking too many risks.
# There is in them a subjective experience of "thrill" (a shivering sensation, excitement, tension, both painful and pleasant) during the phases of play.