Nov 13, 2018 It draws in room air (which is roughly 21% oxygen), concentrates oxygen from the air, delivered to the user via nasal tubing. More user friendly than the heavy oxygen cylinders that require a trolley to get around. An issue in a casino would be to avoid using it near open flame, such as the guy next to you lighting up a cigarette (or joint). As a casino is very close to 1 atm. Even pure oxygen would not be dangerous to health but an extreme fire risk. An increase in oxygen of 10% (10% more than usually) would be around 23% of the air being oxygen (to normal 21%) giving a partial pressure of 0.23 atm. – Bent Nov 17 '16 at 14:02. Casinos in Las Vegas do not pump oxygen. While casinos use several tricks in order to keep players alert and at the tables for longer, pumping oxygen into the casino is not one of them. Higher levels of oxygen would increase the risk of fire and is.

Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy for you to drain your entire life savings at the casino? A gambling addiction may not be to blame. It may be that you were victim to one or more of the tricks casinos use to get you to spend more money. Here are ten such tricks.

10. They Use Chips Instead of Real Money

Playing with colorful chips that look more like toys than money makes it much easier to gamble away your entire life savings — and casinos are well aware of this. But, remember this: just because it doesn’t look like real money doesn’t mean a thing. Those chips may not be money but they do represent actual currency once you change your cash into them, so place your bets carefully.

TIP: Beware of loading money onto your card to play digital games. That’s another little trick casinos use to make you feel like you’re not spending real money.

9. They Install Ugly Carpeting

As weird as this sounds, it’s actually true. Casinos use carpeting with ugly, hideous patterns in order to keep your eyes off the floor. So, how exactly does that keep you spending money? Well, according to Ranker, casinos know that the less likely you are to hang your head and stare at the ground — or in this case the floor — the less likely you are to get sleepy and go to bed. And, according to an article published by MSN, even if you do happen to hang your head and stare at the floor, they make sure the carpet is brightly colored to trick you into thinking it’s an appropriate time to be awake no matter how late it may be.

8. They Block Out the Outside World

Have you ever noticed that casino doors are usually tinted so dark that you can’t even tell whether it’s day or night outside? Perhaps you’ve also noticed that it’s always very bright inside no matter what time it is, despite the fact that there are no windows. And, speaking of time, have you ever noticed there are no clocks on the gambling floor? All of this, as we previously mentioned, is so that you’ll be tricked into staying awake. After all, if you don’t know what time it is or you can’t see how dark it’s getting outside, you’ll have no desire to go to bed. And, of course that just keeps you in the casino even longer spending even more of your hard-earned money.

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7. They Celebrate Wins

Those flashing lights and sounds that go off when someone wins are not actually for celebratory purposes. The real aim is to get others to see how “easy” it is to win. Unfortunately, the truth is it’s not that easy. Your odds of hitting the jackpot or going on a hot streak are pretty slim. But, all the excitement from all those blaring sounds and flashing lights causes people to want to gamble even more — and, that can promote problem behavior, researchers from the University of British Columbia found, according to MarketWatch.com. In fact, during a recent study, the researchers found that those sensory cues made people take more risks even when the odds were against them. That’s because they were distracted by all of the bells and whistles, so to speak — and the money of course. The study also found that when those sensory cues were eliminated, the gamblers showed more restraint.

6. They Pump Oxygen into the Room

Did you know that the more oxygen you inhale, the more alert and awake you feel? Perhaps you may not have known this, but casino owners do — and they take full advantage of it (at least that’s the rumor circulating anyway)! According to Ranker, casinos filter extra oxygen to the gambling floor to keep you awake, alert, and in the mood to spend.

Of course, ask any casino owner if this is true and they’ll deny it — as does Dr. David Schwartz, former director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV. He once toldCasino Player Magazine that “not only is that untrue, it’s nonsense. This is an environment in which people smoke cigarettes. You wouldn’t have people smoking cigarettes in an oxygen-rich environment. That’s something that would never happen.”

5. They Offer Lots of Freebies

Casinos give out several rounds of free alcohol. And, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why that is. The more alcohol you consume, the more cloudy your judgment becomes. It also lowers your inhibitions, so you feel less guilty about gambling away your hard-earned money. Then, there’s the free meals and free room and board you get if you spend a big wad of cash at the casino. This is all to keep you coming back in the hopes of turning you into a repeat customer.

4. Their Servers Dress Sexy

You know what else casinos offer along with that free alcohol? Scantily clad servers. “Requiring female servers to wear revealing outfits is part of the hypnotic mindset and part of the waking-state placebo effect,” celebrity hypnotist Richard Barker told GOBankingRates. “The mind is expecting pretty cocktail servers in revealing clothing. … The gamblers’ experience matches their expectations and so it sparks a match in the brain. This connection allows the mind to rest and be lulled further through the casino’s hypnotic trance tactics.”

3. Bathrooms are Placed Strategically

Ever notice how you have the toughest time finding a bathroom in a casino? That’s because they bury them way in the back of the building. That way you have to walk deeper into the casino past a bunch of other games, machines and whatnot that will lure you in and tempt you to spend more money. By the time you’re finished trying your luck at those other games you might forget that you even had to go to the bathroom in the first place.

2. There’s Always an ATM Nearby

Casinos make access to cash convenient by having ATMs on the premises. “ATM machines keep you there by allowing you to spend more than what you have in your pocket,” Joyce Orsini, a consultant and associate professor at Fordham University, told GOBankingRates. “And for the big spender, there are pre-approved credit lines that allow you to drain your bank account — up to pre-approved limits.”

Those pre-approved credit lines, also known as markers, are convenient for people who don’t like to carry a lot of cash or incur ATM fees. So convenient, in fact, that at Caesars Entertainment casinos, you can approach any table game and ask the dealer for a marker to begin playing — no cash required.

1. They Hide the Cashier’s Window

Well, they don’t actually hide it. They just make it extremely hard for you to find. Ironically, they make it super easy for you to trade in your cash for chips at any table on the floor. But, that’s all a part of the plan. They want to make it as simple as possible for you to spend your money and as difficult as possible for you to cash out. That’s why you have to go over the river and through the woods, so to speak, just to find cashier’s window. And, when you do finally get to it, the wait is long as heck. That’s because they’re banking — no pun intended — on you getting so tired of waiting in line that you return to the casino and be tempted to spend some more money.

CONCLUSION

So, now that you know the tricks, arm yourself with this knowledge before your next trip to the casino. Or, better yet, don’t go at all!

The shortlist of towns vying to build the UK's first 'super-casino' - and 16 smaller venues - has been revealed, and competition is fierce.

Anyone who has been to Las Vegas will know that, once through the doors, casinos exude a curiously artificial aura. According to Kati St Clair, a business psychologist, the aim is to induce a trance-like state in gamblers.

'Casinos make you feel intimate, enclosed, euphoric; you're in a suggestible state in which you want to stay where you are, continuing to do what you are doing,' she says.

But how can a casino be designed to encourage people to gamble more and for longer?

Playing the tables in Las Vegas can be a disorienting experience, thanks, in part, to a lack of clocks and natural daylight. Casinos can even simulate daylight during the dark hours to lull players into remaining at the tables and slot machines, all the time parting with their cash.

UK rules: British casino operators will not be allowed to get away with such tactics. The proposed Gambling Act says customers must be aware of how much time - and money - they have spent gambling, and make sure that breaks in play are encouraged.

The soundtrack of a casino will be familiar to anyone who has spent time in a supermarket or shopping mall, and it's used to similar effect.

'Casinos are rather womb-like,' says Ms St Clair. 'Almost always the colour is red and the music is mild and on a continuous loop, rather than individual songs. All of this contributes to the trance-like state of a gambler. Nightclubs use the same sort of tactics.'

UK rules: There appear to be no rules to restrict the sort of music played in British casinos - a matter of regret, perhaps, to those who dislike piped music but are fond of a flutter.

One tactic used in some American casinos is to offer free alcoholic drinks and easy grazing snacks to keep punters betting. Those on a winning streak may have drinks brought to them so as not to interrupt play.

UK rules: This type of inducement will be frowned on in Britain. The UK's Gambling Act will rule out using alcohol to encourage people to gamble. But energy drinks are likely to be on the bar menu, to help keep gamblers stimulated.

No ordinary air-con for US casinos, where extra oxygen may be pumped in to help players stay alert. The manufacturer of oxygen boxes used in Las Vegas casinos has recently launched the product here.

And pheromones have reportedly been released from US machines to encourage aggressive gambling.

UK rules: Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has said such psychological trickery would be banned in Britain. 'We'll simply not allow any tricks which people are subjected to unawares and which increase the risk of problem gambling,' she said.

A Gambling Commission spokeswoman says chemicals to falsely enhance confidence will not be allowed. 'If we see it, we can levy unlimited fines upon them.' But these are not banned per se - hence an exhibition in London's Mark Jason Gallery next week, which will be using 'mood influencing' aromas, and other casino-style 'mind tricks' to see if art viewers can be turned into art buyers.

There's nothing like a near-miss to encourage a gambler to keep pumping coins into a slot machine or laying their chips on the table.

Not only can gaming machines be set to provide a certain number of near misses, these have become more sophisticated in the past decade so as to make a near-miss look even more tantalising.

'A near-miss causes a gambler to over-estimate their chances of winning,' says Dr Luke Clark, a Cambridge University psychologist. 'If their horse finishes second, or in a casino they watch two cherries come up on a slot machine and then see the third almost click into place, they'll keep playing. A problem gambler will keep playing for a third as long again.'

And when a gambler feels their skill can influence the outcome - throwing the die, say, or choosing lottery numbers - a feeling of control develops that keeps them gambling longer.

'There are subtle ways that casinos and slot machines can introduce near misses and perceived skill that encourage people to gamble,' Dr Clark says.

UK rules: Draft legislation says the rules of games, odds or house edge - a casino's in-built advantage - average return to the player, and dispute and complaints procedures must all be clearly displayed.

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Casinos already have no clocks in them. No windows and all dealers are forbidden from wearing watches, so that if a customer asks the time you don't know. There is currently a table service for all non-alcoholic drinks which are free. The alcohol needs to be kept away from the tables, not only to protect gamblers from getting into debt but also the dealers. If you have just lost £500 in ten minutes and you have also managed to get drunk doing it, how long before you take it out on the dealers?
Ellen, London

Tosh! Of course casinos seek to make customers comfortable. What leisure venue doesn't? Casinos are not invariably red. The music isn't a loop in any casino I worked in - there were individual songs. No music, no atmosphere - ask a customer. Simulating daylight when its dark outside? Used in Vegas in shopping malls outside gaming areas.
Geoff, Brighton

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What about the loyalty cards? From them they know all about regular gamblers, which slot machine they prefer, what they eat and drink etc. Then in the post they get lots of vouchers for free meals, free transport, free entertainment, free drinks, special prize competitions, free hotel rooms. It is those that turn regular gamblers in to problem gamblers.
Cllr Steven Bate, Blackpool, UK

Banks have recently adopted a more comfortable atmosphere too with background music, soft lighting, soothing colours and some are also removing clocks...
Cameron, Ayrshire

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