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The Crocodile and the One-Armed Bandit
People who bet the maximum line and bet size on commercial poker machines in Australia lose $1400 per hour on average. Credit: auremar
By Matthew Rockloff & Nancy Greer
Researchers have introduced crocodiles to test how excitement influences gambling behaviour on poker machines.
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