I often asked myself the same question IDI. What is wrong with me? I’m shopping for groceries like a miser, complaining about how expensive meat is and how we can’t afford these prices. But then I’d turn around and lose enough to have fed us gourmet prepared food all week! I knew we couldn’t afford either. Cheaping out when shopping just meant more money for gambling! And I was always dealing with the debt i had created so I had less and less money to go around.
I think we were brainwashed to a certain degree. A lot of these articles are about “pokies” or slots machines but I would imagine most of the technology is the same as on line. Some interesting reads!
https://newrepublic.com/article/115838/gambling-addiction-why-are-slot-machines-so-addictive
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-gets-addicted-to-gambling/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-gets-addicted-to-gambling/