Why Do We Set Bets?

It is the desire to win that can be acted out in very different ways. While some, both in childhood and adolescence, want to prove to themselves that they can do it by solving puzzles, others need a rival - the opponent who can be defeated. And this phenomenon is not new either: while some are testing their mettle in the schoolyard in real life, others are entrenching themselves behind the game console - also with the desire to defeat their...