VEDANTAM: That's exactly right, Steve. There's scientific research showing that humans enjoy getting close to a win even if they don't win anything at all.
INSKEEP: Now we mentioned gambling affects the brain. There's been a lot of research on this, but here's the question. Is there something that's happening in the brain specifically that makes it exciting to lose while thinking you've almost won?
VEDANTAM: That's exactly right. So the question that researchers were trying to ask recently is, is the excitement of getting close to a win driven by the same mechanism that drives our excitement when we actually win? And they turned to a very interesting group of volunteers to study this question.
INSKEEP: Who would they be?

Let's talk about an activity that specifically affects the brain, gambling. Gamblers love to win, of course. There's a thrill to it. Gamblers also are said to like the risk, the anticipation of putting money on the line. NPR social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam found research revealing that gamblers love something else about gambling. Shankar, what is it?
SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: They love getting close to a win, Steve. If you think about a casino game like the three-reel slot machine, you have the first reel stop at a symbol. If the second reel stops at the same symbol, the gambler has the feeling that he or she is getting close to a win, and that excitement is itself a motivation.
INSKEEP: Even if the third reel doesn't come out your way, meaning you lost, you still get excited almost as if you won?

I am close to quitting league play over these players they keep saying things like “everybody plays their own way ” and ”your interrupting my concentration trying to tell me stuff" and then they take the smack at the stupid shot break 6 balls out of a pack for the other guy and sit down with a "I had him all I needed was that 8 ball “ they loose over and over and i see our team season winnings going to another team . the 10% of the time they actually pull off the silly shot is all they seem to remember and this NPR article seems to tell us why

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Thanks, Chief. I appreciate your kind words. I'll always push back on any claim that all people of a certain variety are all one way, as I think in terms of individuals, not groups.

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Thanks for rep...I wonder how far the spread has to get before these hard heads realize what's happening. It's sad on here most of the time. That's why I have to just take a break every so often..cheers