How Casinos & Slot Machines Are Designed to Addict You

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  @colinsilver1041 · 9 years ago

  Wow. This video was very informative. Whenever I happen to be at a casino, I spend my time just sitting and observing people and their interactions with the machine. It's a depressing place to be otherwise.

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  @FooledbyRandomness2 · 8 years ago

  Best strategy to win = do not enter a casino

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  @boink666 · 9 years ago

  Having worked in a casino, my advice to anyone is leave your atm card in your room/car (bring your valid photo ID tho), take only cash you can afford to lose. Enjoy the drinks/atmosphere.

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  @Falconhead. · 9 years ago

  It is always interesting to hear what people will do to manipulate their fellow man for their own gain. From the alcohol industry to the tobacco industry to big pharma, if there’s a proclivity to addiction in any one of us, then there’s a chance for exploitation. If they know there’s a population susceptible to this kind of capitalization then the companies using calculating tactics are no different than a person robbing another at gunpoint. And all for what but money…?

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  @dukelmg1 · 9 years ago

  Under the video there's an ad for a mobile game called Jackpot Party Casino lol

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  @patrickchubey3127 · 8 years ago

  I have a gambling problem. The problem is that I suck at gambling. I tried it a few times, some years ago, lost a little money, and just quit. On the other hand, I took all that money I might have spent gambling, invested that money through the years, and retired early, which was a gamble on whether I'd have a future or not. Fortunately, I won the gamble and am living a great life, steak and beer whenever I please, sorry casinos, I had other plans for my money and my life.

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  @mitchbmx · 9 years ago

  Watching this from the casino

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  @jiafjioawefjio3f9034 · 9 years ago

  The best gambling strategy is: (1) Before you enter, decide how much money you are going to gamble with. (2) It needs to be an amount of money that you could lose without impacting your finances. (3) Stick to that amount of money.  Do not gamble after all your money has been lost.  If you happen to win something, great; if you don't... oh well... is over... leave the casino.  Don't come back for at least a month.

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  @Werewolf0216 · 2 years ago

  Slot machines have a volume control, but the default is the loudest -- some people will turn the volume down, but many don't.  The decibel level gets so loud that you can't think straight or concentrate on if you want to continue spinning or not.

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  @WWZenaDo · 9 years ago

  The lights in the machines pulse at a rate similar to that of the human heart at rest, & the music is so soothing as to be hypnotic.

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  @robchell9196 · 8 years ago

  Always thought slots machines looked like rows of tombstones...

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  @sjw101thepoliticalgamer8 · 9 years ago

  Very interesting. It was nice to listen to such an eloquent and well informed guest - the kind of professor any student would be really glad to learn from.

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