Should Gambling Be Legalized?

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who come to casinos with the intention of winning money are
habitually disappointed. As casino crime lord, Meyer Lansky's universal
gambling truth states; "Gamblers never win, the house never loses"2 Slot
Machines and most table games allow players to make bets where the probability
of winning is relatively high. Frequent wins are characterized by low payouts.
These frequent wins encourage further gambles with low payouts.
Frequent winning, low paying games are not the only way casinos get
people to keep playing. Nothing less that psychological warfare is going on at
casinos across the country. "The days of shaved dice, missing face cards and
rigged roulette wheels are long gone. But the pursuit of profitability in the
corporate era of gambling has turned the average casino into a financially
hazardous place for betters"3 The casino's beliefs are all based on the fact
that since the house has an advantage over the player, the longer the house can
keep the player ...

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to be saved or even cashed in.

Colors are a very important part of the subconcience mind. Betters are
easily drawn to bright red machines, but tire of them quickly. Many casinos now
put bright red machines on the outside of isles. Inside the isles are the more
calm cool blue and greens that seem to encourage the player to stay longer.
Gamblers are at the mercy of the big business casinos. Most people do
not fully realize how much they are controlled by institutions who have made a
science of studying gamblers behavior at the gaming tables.
It is a fact that the economic status of a gambler, usually determines
the psychological meaning of gaming for him or her. "The higher ...

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