{"id":3775,"date":"2018-05-22T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T03:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2018-05-22T11:55:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T03:55:01","slug":"watch-goes-gambling-addicts-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/watch-goes-gambling-addicts-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: What Goes on in a Gambling Addict&#8217;s Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do gambling addicts love the thrill of betting so much? What&#8217;s really in it for them? What goes on in their brain? Find out in this video by BBC Panorama, which follows a unique experiment that explores what goes on in the brain of a gambling addict.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3776\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/brain-of-gambling-addict-video-bbc.jpg\" alt=\"brain-of-gambling-addict-video-bbc\" width=\"678\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/brain-of-gambling-addict-video-bbc.jpg 678w, https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/brain-of-gambling-addict-video-bbc-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video here, Inside the Brain of a Gambling Addict, by BBC News.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BF5SzIN63w8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gambling, according to the video, is &#8220;a brain disorder preyed upon by the gambling industry.&#8221; The quote comes from Professor David Nutt, who leads the experiment. Professor Nutt is one of the world&#8217;s leading experts on addiction.<\/p>\n<p>According to Professor Nutt, addiction is not a failure of one&#8217;s will power. It&#8217;s the brain becoming changed structurally and chemically as one gambles frequently to the point of addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Gambling is one of the world&#8217;s most destructive behavioral addictions, and its effects are insidious.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment uses MRI scans of a gambler, Tony Franklin, as he prepares to make a bet. The experiment shows how the brain&#8217;s reward system intensely lights up within seconds when Franklin makes a bet. The scans show how the brain works as it bets, anticipates the result (win or lose), and wins or lose.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment also highlights the dangers of high-stakes, high-frequency, fixed odds gambling machines that are gaining popularity throughout Britain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do gambling addicts love the thrill of betting so much? What&#8217;s really in it for them? What goes on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/watch-goes-gambling-addicts-brain\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[18,57,6,59,227],"tags":[84,60,24,58,61,299,300,381,12,25,13,14,15,16],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/brain-of-gambling-addict-video-bbc.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3777,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions\/3777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}