People often rely on intuitively appealing information when gambling. An example is unclaimed prize information. However, this information alone does not tell people about their chance of winning. The researchers explored if using a foreign language would help people rely less on unclaimed prize information when gambling. They did three experiments to test the effect of using a foreign language versus one’s native language in a scratch card game. Overall, there was no evidence that using a foreign language helped people to make more optimal decisions: people tended to prefer scratch cards with a higher number of unclaimed prizes.
