A large-scale prospective study of big wins and their relationship with future financial and time involvement in actual daily fantasy sports contests.

Timothy C Edson Matthew A Tom Kahlil S Philander Eric R Louderback Debi A LaPlante

Published in: Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors (2021)

Our results collectively indicate the existence of a big win effect in DFS. For some players, big wins might instill unrealistic expectations about future probabilities of winning and lead to increased-and potentially excessive-engagement. Explanations from cognitive psychology (e.g., the illusion of control) and behavioral psychology (e.g., operant conditioning) might help to explain the big win effect. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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