In fact, pathological gamblers appear to experience more physical withdrawal effects when attempting to stop their behaviour when compared directly with drug addicts.

事实上，与直接吸毒上瘾的人相比，病态赌徒在戒赌时会经历更多的身体反应。

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Mr Custer's fieldwork showed that pathological gamblers were often gregarious, clever and generous but also impulsive, anxious and restless, looking for instant gratification.

卡斯特先生的研究表明，病态赌徒往往是群居者，聪明，慷慨，但同样是冲动的，焦虑的并且焦躁不安的，追求片刻的喜悦。

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They produced even more when they were losing, an effect seen in pathological gamblers which is thought to be what prevents them from stopping when they are on a losing streak.

游戏输掉时他们的大脑中甚至会产生更多这种物质，同样的效果也常见于病态的赌徒身上，人们认为正是这种物质使得赌徒们在连输的情况下仍然无法停下来。

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One study estimated that 1.1% of men and .5% of women, for some reason more common among men than women, but in both sexes are pathological gamblers.

研究估算有1.1%的男性,和0.5%的女性天性嗜赌,基于某种原因,对此男性比女性更普遍,但在男女群体中都存在病态赌博

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The U.S. has an estimated 2.6 million gamblers considered to be pathological those who gamble to the extent that it has a negative impact on their jobs, relationships or other important aspects of their lives, according to a survey by a group of state gambling-addiction program administrators.

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