Elements of Gambling

There are two elements of Gambling, including game of chance and gambling mentality. Chance means people cannot control the outcome of an event but with possibility of winning. Player wagers money on irreversible bet in which the outcome relies on chance. Gambling mentality means the willing to take risk. To gamble on something is to take a risk on something in which the stake is involved.
Pathological Approach to problem gambling
Problem gambling is defined as pathological gambling under APA DSMVI. Pathological gambling is an impulsive control disorder in which there is a chronic and progressive failure to resist impulses to gamble.
The concept of addiction of gambling is similar to alcohol and drug addiction in APA model. Gambling is a kind of process addiction. Gamblers enjoy the excitement, tension and anticipation over than the outcome of a gambling event. Gamblers described having the feeling of “high” similar to that experienced form cocaine in “outer-body”.
There is a dominance in which people have intense preoccupation with gambling to the exclusion of other interests. There is also a problem of tolerance. It means gamblers will eventually spend more money than they intended on gambling, they will lose track of time and control over money betted. In other words, they will gamble from simple to complex high risk and high return betting.
We can also see the gamblers have withdrawal symptoms, like irritable, nervous angry and restless.
Action gambler Mahjong
Tends to be arrogant
Desire to control
Self-centered, insecure, disregard for authority
Easily frustrated, impatient and demanding
Highly competitive but given up on the conventional way of competition
Attracted to competitive games and those required skills
Likely men who started their gambling activities at an earlier state
Gambling gives them a sense of self-enhancement and self-expression
Escape gambler
Lack of confidence / no self-esteem due to insufficient knowledge and