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Imagine yourself in a twinkly casino, wallet bulging with cash and a craving to try your luck at the blackjack table or the slot machines. It\u2019s easy to get lost in the excitement and lose track of time. That\u2019s intentional: Casinos don\u2019t have clocks, and they use decor (like walls painted to look like the daytime sky) and technology to make it hard to tell what hour it is without checking a watch or a phone.<\/p>\n
Casinos also have a number of other tricks to keep you gambling as long as possible. They often serve booze nonstop, and it\u2019s free to players as long as they gamble enough\u2014a strategy designed to lower inhibitions and clouds judgment so people will be more likely to keep spending. Casinos are also designed to be labyrinthine, with curved pathways that tempt people into trying out a new game or gambling a bit more when they were originally on the way to the bathroom or the exit.<\/p>\n
And of course casinos are always competing with each other for your money, and against non-gambling resorts, online gaming and private gambling, not to mention an illegal gambling business much larger than the legal one. All of these factors combine to create an environment in which most players will lose money. But the houses\u2019 built-in advantages, known as the house edge, ensure that they will ultimately win. So how do they do it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imagine yourself in a twinkly casino, wallet bulging with cash and a craving to try your luck at the blackjack table or the slot machines. It\u2019s easy to get lost in the excitement and lose track of time. That\u2019s intentional: Casinos don\u2019t have clocks, and they use decor (like walls painted to look like the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n