Psychology Researchers Identify Benefits of Sports Betting

According to Daniel Wann, a professor of psychology at Murray State University in Kentucky, being a sports fan is a psychologically healthy undertaking. Yet while Professor Wann’s research focuses on how sports fandom fulfills the human need to connect to like-minded people, other psychological studies focus on how gambling makes fandom experience more fun if a fan is financially invested in some sports matches. Staking wagers on outcomes of a game is a traditional form of sports gambling. Yet here’s the thing, sports betting has evolved into something more complex as a means of creating greater excitement. Serious gamblers fully …