Gee, Frank, do you think anyone has really read through your original post yet on LVA?

Well, I did, but since I don't want to get them sidetracked with a discussion about me, so I'll post my comments here.

You wrote: "it is known that nearly 100% of problem gamblers have the "losing less = winning" cognitive distortion, but its prevalence in not known in the general public."

I think what you're missing is that when these recreational gamblers report "winning" when they really are "losing" it is not because they have any "cognitive distortion" as you put it.

No Frank, there's no mental disorder here. They're just fibbing to their friends, embellishing results, and telling (can I use the term) "a white lie."

Come on now, we are a society of embellishers: we drive fancy cars to impress the neighbors, we buy bigger houses to impress the relatives, we wear fancy jewelry to raise our image, and we tell people we earn more than we do and that we win more and lose less in casinos. And when poker players lose it's because of a bad beat and they tell "bad beat stories."

There's no mental disorder here, Frank. It's part of the culture. And as part of the culture I offer two words of cultural advice: Chill out. (LOL)