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104. Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll

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Slot Machines - The Final Design Chapter

The TV inside the machine was also considered to be something where they were giving something that the gamblers might need or want so you have no reason to leave because there's even a TV over here but then that was removed eventually because it was distracting and they wanted to get into the zone. The next chapter is called programming chance and this is the final design chapter I actually want to quote the quote at the beginning of the book this is a quote from somebody called Rose who has a problem with gambling and let's hear what she has to say. just be recycled into more credits in the machine and that's how they started to do it.

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