And even though many of them are neophyte gamblers, they often bet thousands of dollars on a single.
Mr Custer's fieldwork showed that pathological gamblers were often gregarious, clever and generous but also impulsive, anxious and restless, looking for instant gratification.
The seemingly endless supply of gamblers has dried up.
But Vegas is suffering - visitor Numbers have fallen as penny-pinching gamblers stay away.
Their honor, thank God! their dignity, their intelligence, their genius, are not numbers which those gamblers, heroes and conquerors, can put in the lottery of battles.
Contrary to myth, entrepreneurs are not reckless gamblers.
"The results highlight some of the links between problem gambling and drug addiction, and have implications for both psychological and drug treatment for problem gamblers, " Clark said.
The strengthening euro might be a good bet for financial traders, but gamblers should be wary of chancing their luck-mathematicians say the new COINS favor heads over tails.
The movie centres on a couple of gamblers who head to Las Vegas in an attempt to turn their fortunes around.
The reason I didn't score any points last year was because we were gamblers.
The gamblers fleeced Adams of all his money.
A tiny number of habitual gamblers win, some alcoholics can function for a long time.
The gamblers were far more likely to choose the immediate money even though it was a smaller amount. (Psychologists define impulsivity as a preference for the immediate smaller rewards on this task.)
It was Tramonti who opened ties with Cuba and the Batista regime and eventually poured money into the pleasure resorts of Havana gambling houses, whorehouses, to lure gamblers from the American mainland.
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