Casinos

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This paper looks at the various ways casinos try to trick, manipulate, and lure their players to stay longer. It discusses how casinos are in business to make money, and they make money by keeping gamblers "glued" to the tables and slots. They use a variety of ploys to keep people inside, from removing clocks so players do not know what time it is to feeding them free drinks and inexpensive food to keep them in the building.

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"Casinos lure gamblers to make money, and they do it any way they can, without regard for anything but their own maximum profit. How do they do it? The many ways they lure their "lambs to the slaughter" may be surprising in their variety, sheer ingenuity, and absolute disregard for anything but money. As author Popkin notes, "Since all casino games give the house a mathematical edge, the longer a player gambles, the greater the house's chance of winning" (Popkin 104). Just about anyone who has visited a casino can recognize some of the tactics, from no windows to free drinks, but underneath the flashing lights and dim interiors, there are numerous other ways the casinos manipulate players into staying longer at the tables and slots."

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