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?
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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