A gambler who loses repeatedly yet continues to play even when the game is clearly against them. It is not that they misunderstand the odds; instead, the very proximity to ruin, the tension of almost‑winning, and the ritual of play are all sites of jouissance. The drive is scopic and invocatory here—the visual scene of cards and machines, the sounds of the casino—sustaining a circuit that does not want to conclude
- Lacan
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