How does gambling become a habit?

How does gambling become a habit?

Gambling is when a person bets money on a game where the key to winning is mainly based on chance. Gambling occurs all over the world, even though it is illegal in many societies. Common examples of gambling including betting money on horse races, card games, sports, lotteries and gambling machines.

Unlike drugs, gambling involves no external ‘chemical’ that can help explain why a person can become dependent. Gambling is seen as exciting and thrilling. The expectation of winning seems to be a major reason for gambling becoming a dependence problem. Most gamblers lose much more than they win and there is a desire to get back what they have lost. They may borrow or steal money to gamble. But the cycle of loss and gambling continues until the person is in deep financial trouble. When a person falls into this cycle, it is called pathological gambling.