If 100 is the average IQ for a normal person in society, then there is your answer. Most compulsive gamblers are normal, every day folk, with one sad vice. Though honestly, the extremes of the bell curve for intelligence may be where you find most gamblers. As a casino that is practically spitting distance from Brown University, I’ve seen some very intelligent people come in and play in an amazingly non intelligent manner. Conversely, I’ve seen some barely literate human beings master basic strategy, and actually advise new players on probability and odds.
Just this past week I had to explain to a Mathematics major that no, that game is not rigged just because he lost 8 hands in a row. He apparently missed the section of statistics that covered sample sizes. Or user bias. But hey, that diploma will make up for all that.
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