Tag Archive: reasons we gamble

Humans have been gambling since the first Neandertal threw knucklebones onto the cave floor. And since then, gambling has never gone out of fashion. Today, thanks to the internet and online casinos, there are more people gambling than ever. So we have to ask ourselves, what are the reasons we gamble? What drives us to risk our hard-earned cash to the whims of Lady Luck? It turns out that we are programmed a certain way. And the desire for both risk and success is hard-wired into our brains.