I bet you bet, a very masculine addiction

• May 8, 2024

If the last thing you lost was your hair and not because of baldness, maybe your bet was not the right one, but do not worry, this male obsession is natural as long as you do not end up having to wear shoes every Thursday. poker.

"Men enjoy gambling because they have been brought up to be competitive creatures," says George Weinberg, author of the book, Why men do not know compromise, "win reaffirms his masculinity ”.

More of 2 million Mexicans they require medical treatment because of their dependence on gambling, especially in gambling and slot machines, according to data from the Center for Youth Integration in Mexico. Many men instinctively can not resist a bit of adrenaline at the Hippodrome.

Mexico does not have official figures on gambling and gambling addiction statistics, but it is estimated that the lottery profits leave an economic spill of 5 billion pesos annually. Currently the number of users who have access to the Internet already exceeds the figure of one billion in the world, and do not have data or statistics on the number of users who place bets Web way.

Celebrity bets

The continuous donations that George Clooney makes to charity for each month that Brad Pitt he does not shave his beard.

For losing, Pete Wentz was tattooed, on one leg, the face of his friend Gabe Sapporta (singer of Cobra Starship) with the legend "Gabey Baby Made Me Go Bad", after getting a platinum record.

Kiefer Sutherland, better known as Jack Bauer in the series of 24, came out dressed as a woman on David Letterman's late night show after losing a bet.

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