Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.About this Event
📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email
🧠 Lecture: "The Neuroscience of Gambling"
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Viral Mistry
Betting app ads during the Super Bowl. The new Bally’s Casino downtown. Kalshi “prediction odds” on the chyron of CNN. Gambling feels increasingly inescapable nationwide, and it’s digging deep roots here in Chicago.
Join us for an eye-opening evening as Dr. Viral Mistry unpacks why gambling is so powerfully addictive from a neuroscience perspective. You’ll learn what happens in the brain when we take risks, win big, and chase losses—and how gambling companies use psychological strategies to keep people playing.
We’ll also explore why gambling addiction is a serious public health concern, affecting not only individuals but also families and communities.
Dr. Viral Mistry is a neuroscientist researching neurodegenerative diseases at Loyola University Chicago and teaching neuroscience at Dominican University. A passionate advocate for science communication, social justice, and education, he brings a clear, accessible lens to complex brain science.
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Agenda
6:15 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.
6:55 PM – Host introduction
7:00 PM – Lecture begins
7:45 PM – Audience Q&A
8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM – Wrap up.
Event venue
Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park, Chicago, United States
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