In gaming contexts with uncertain outcomes, the majority of bettors understand that positive returns on their wagers, over time, are beyond reach. Because well-established marketing and economic theory generally assumes that consumers seek a net positive return from marketplace transactions, the value associated with gamblers' repeated wagers must not be captured solely by the probabilities and values associated with betting outcomes. We theorize that imagined outcomes, provoked by anticipated emotions, entail the completive value not recognized by traditional expected utility calculations....