Odds at Slots Don't Deter Gamblers. Rick Green.
by Green, Rick; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 34Business. Publisher: Hartford Courant, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Electronic gambling machines | Gambling | Probabilities | Slot machinesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As the number of gambling machines multiplies--from slots to video lottery terminals to electronic bingo devices--to more than 750,000 in North America, so does the uneasiness. Fast-paced video slots are the most addictive form of gambling ever devised, studies show, raising fresh questions about the responsibility of casinos, manufacturers and the governments that regulate them....Documents on file in the U.S. Patent Office from a 1984 patent for modern computerized slot machines that use a random number generator make it plain that convincing gamblers they have a shot at winning is party of the business plan." (HARTFORD COURANT) This article reveals how the power these gambling machines have over individuals "has led some researchers and governmental officials to call for new restrictions on video slot machines."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Odds at Slots Don't Deter Gamblers, May 17, 2004; pp. n.p..
"As the number of gambling machines multiplies--from slots to video lottery terminals to electronic bingo devices--to more than 750,000 in North America, so does the uneasiness. Fast-paced video slots are the most addictive form of gambling ever devised, studies show, raising fresh questions about the responsibility of casinos, manufacturers and the governments that regulate them....Documents on file in the U.S. Patent Office from a 1984 patent for modern computerized slot machines that use a random number generator make it plain that convincing gamblers they have a shot at winning is party of the business plan." (HARTFORD COURANT) This article reveals how the power these gambling machines have over individuals "has led some researchers and governmental officials to call for new restrictions on video slot machines."
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