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104. Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll

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Casino Design by Bill Friedman

Bill Friedman pays nearly exclusive attention to machine gamblers while many interior designers treat slot machines as mere props with which to lure people into casinos. He conceives of the entire built environment of the casino as a means for luring people to machines if the only commonality among casinos is that they feature gambling equipment he writes then it is an eloquent statement by players that this is all that is important to them acknowledging that his approach violates the sensibilities of professional decorators.

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