For me, the image this photograph most calls to mind is Édouard Manet’s “A Bar at the Folies Bergère” (1882), transposed from 19th-century Paris to the mid-century American Midwest. And ...

Getty Images. A gambling win produces dopamine - the same chemical that many addictive drugs help to produce. That reward, he says, comes in the form of dopamine ...

Some gambling veterans think Scoblete's system is mostly a lot of bunk, but that hasn't stopped people looking for an edge from forking over $1,495 apiece to attend his seminars.

Near Wins Stoke Gamblers’ Brains. Why don’t you stop gambling after a near win? Perhaps because your brain is almost as thrilled as if you did hit the jackpot.

Image credit: Photo by Tim Nighswander, IMAGING4ART/Robert Frank/June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation/Addison Gallery of American Art Loading Coffee Shop, Railway Station — Indianapolis ( 1956 ) ...