• Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    17 days ago

    no biological dependency

    …which is a weird claim to make since gambling addiction is 50~70% genetic. The genetic factors have been known for a long time. Here’s a study from a decade ago in Nature where they compared addiction genes in rats with addiction genes in humans:

    Nature.com

    At the bottom of the page you can find other studies done on the links between genetics and gambling addiction. A lot of overlap with the genetics that make people more prone to alcohol and drug addiction.