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Your brain on gambling: Why we keep betting even when the chips are down

Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAY Comments Off on Your brain on gambling: Why we keep betting even when the chips are down

Whether it's Powerball, Mega Millions, a roulette wheel or slot machine the Monte Carlo fallacy trips our brains into thinking we could be a winner.

      
Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAY
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