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Addiction
by Design, Not by Chance
These
aren't your parents' slot machines. In olden days, slot machines
were known as "one-armed bandits". Gamblers inserted coins and
pulled levers a few times a minute as the internal wheels spun to their
stop.
Today's
slot machines are far more sinister. Using deliberately designed
sights, sounds and patterns, today's slots are designed to hypnotize gamblers
into a trance-like state. Taking credit cards instead of coins,
today's "bandits" allow gamblers to place as many as 1,200 bets per
hour. Occasional small payouts are cleverly engineered into
the programs to create the false illusion that a gambler's luck is
changing. It has been reported that as
much as 85% of the casino industry's profits come from gamblers playing these
machines. Addiction
to slots is such a major social problem, that some states force casinos to
participate in "mitigation programs" in an effort to minimize the number of
addicted patrons.
Ask
yourself: How do casinos "mitigate" addiction when their entire
business model is dependent upon their ability to successfully create
it?
Is whatever you believe might be gained from
casinos,
worth everything that you will
lose?
On
November 4th, Vote YES to Repeal the Casino Law
Vote YES on #3
Vote
YES to STOP the Casino Mess
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