Poker, horse racing, casino addiction, help video

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Poker, horse racing, casino addiction, help

Published: 2008/08/31 by GamblingVideos

http://ww.gamblinghelper.com Vicky Picco was playing slots at the Peppermill Hotel Casino the other day. She was asked what she thought of the carpet. "It's loud," she said kindly, looking down at the floor for the first time. Actually, it is more than loud. It's black, purple and aqua with planets, comets and rainbows. It's certainly nothing that you would want in your home. But put it in a casino, and loud carpeting can subtly help separate you from your money, some gambling experts said. "Casino carpet is known as an exercise in deliberate bad taste that somehow encourages people to gamble," David Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, wrote in an essay. Casino carpeting is a hobby for Schwartz. He has posted shots of casino carpets throughout the nation on his Web site (http://www.dieiscast.com). They're wild and bright and follow a Nevada tradition that at least dates back to places such as Reno's Riverside Hotel Casino in the 1930s. And the Peppermill? That carpet might be at the core of the concept that bad carpet is good for gambling. "It is the essence of the whole thing," Schwartz said of the Peppermill's carpeting. "You don't get rainbows and planets at most places." Peppermill officials defend their spaced-out carpet, although they say it contains a subtle reminder that the Peppermill may be the place where visitors win. http://www.gamblinghelper.com/forum