People Play Slot Machines Because They Love the Rush

For anyone who did not realize it, a recent study has shown that people gamble at slot machines because they love it. That’s right – because they love playing. Now this might seem like an incredibly boring piece of news, but psychologists say that there is much more to the slot machine than what originally meets the eye.
 
Slot machines get played not just because people win, but because there is the promise of winning. The average slot machine is set up so that the player thinks that they are going to win – but they don’t. It is a tease, and the player gets a rush each time they come close to winning the game.
 
Most people say that slot machine players are crazy to play it at all, because those people that do play don’t win – until someone wins really big. So is there a promise of a return on your money – yes, but very few people actually see it pay off. The slot machines will pay off ninety cents on the dollar but normally that is to someone else.
 
The games are set up so that you constantly think you are going to win, and thus it keeps you playing. Slot machine players get addicted to that rush, and they think that they are going to win so they keep coming back for more. It doesn’t matter where they play them, all slot machines are set up the same so that they will keep pulling in the player who doesn’t realize that he is the one being played.

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