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Do you know why? We still buy lotteries every month, both?

Confess carefully. Who's the same? 🙋‍♀️

The mouth said it would save money, but on the 1st and 16th, the heart was shaking...

As a human salary with a lot of burden, still buy every installment, still hope every installment.. despite being discouraged 😭

Today, let's find out why our brains still order to "buy" when we know that the chances are low.

There is a theory to support..

🧠 1. The power of the "almost cheap" (Near Miss Effect):

This theory says that when we buy a number and go one point, the brain will secrete Dopamine like when we actually "win"! It gives us the false hope that "the next draw" is actually 100% random.

🎰 2. Random reward system (Variable Ratio Reinforcement):

Like a slot cabinet, the brain is more addicted to "unpredictable" rewards than certain rewards (like salaries). Two small rubbings last year were "hooks" with the brain to try.

But slow down. I'm gonna run out.

We need to pull together a little bit that we owe a lot, hopefully, but it should fit.

Must not encroach on "debt money."

Set up a rule for yourself that the lottery fee must not exceed 0.5% of the income to maintain (very high hopes, 6-12 million per period 😆) enough to have a fight and not destroy this salary man's 10-year debt release plan!

Reference Resources: * Skinner, B. F. (1953) .Science and Human Behavior. (On Learning Through Rewarding)

Clark, L., et al. (2009). Gamblers' brains respond to near-misses. (The Near Miss Effect in the Brain)

# Lottery # A narrative of the past# Post receiving summer# Government lottery# Debt

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