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The connection between cognitive biases and pathological gambling has been under investigation for a while now. In this paper the link between problem gambling and cognitive biases, is examined in the context of their simultaneous coexistence and in their possible cause and effect relationship. This paper attempts to answer the questions: What or which cognitive biases are linked to problem gambling? In what way are they linked? Are there some identifiable mechanisms, that can be used to explain how the cognitive biases might lead into, and help to maintain the habit of problem gambling? The cognitive biases covered in this paper are: Gamblers fallacy, illusion of control, near-miss, chasing and entrapment, as well as double-switching and related dual processing model.