赌场用来榨干你钱包的疯狂心理技巧
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| 0:00 | If you've ever thought of going to a casino and winning enough money to retire to a tropical | 如果你曾经想过去赌场 赢得足够的钱退休到热带 |
| 0:04 | island where you'd have someone attractive stand over you and gently wave palm fronds | 你会有一个迷人的人站在你身旁 轻轻挥动棕榈叶 |
| 0:09 | to cool your body while you lie on a beach chair and sip a fancy cocktail with the azure | 你躺在沙滩椅上 喝杯鸡尾酒 喝下香水 |
| 0:13 | hued surf gently crashing into the white sandy beach, ah, sorry to burst your bubble, chances | 冲浪轻轻地冲进白沙滩, 啊,抱歉打破你的气泡,机会 |
| 0:19 | are that's not going to happen. | 那不会发生 |
| 0:20 | Pure and simple, casinos are designed to strip you of your money. | 很简单,赌场是用来剥你的钱的 |
| 0:24 | Yes, they want you to have a fun time so you'll visit again, but not too fun of a time that | 是的,他们希望你玩得开心些 这样你才能再来看一眼,但别太开心 |
| 0:29 | you go home with a lot of prize money. | 你带着很多奖金回家 |
| 0:30 | Let's look at some of the things casinos do to get you to stay, hang out, and lose | 让我们看看赌场为了让你留下来 闲逛 输掉的东西 |
| 0:35 | your hard-earned dough. | 你的辛苦赚的钱。 |
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| 1 | If you've ever thought of going to a casino and winning enough money to retire to a tropical | 如果你曾经想过去赌场 赢得足够的钱退休到热带 |
| 2 | island where you'd have someone attractive stand over you and gently wave palm fronds | 你会有一个迷人的人站在你身旁 轻轻挥动棕榈叶 |
| 3 | to cool your body while you lie on a beach chair and sip a fancy cocktail with the azure | 你躺在沙滩椅上 喝杯鸡尾酒 喝下香水 |
| 4 | hued surf gently crashing into the white sandy beach, ah, sorry to burst your bubble, chances | 冲浪轻轻地冲进白沙滩, 啊,抱歉打破你的气泡,机会 |
| 5 | are that's not going to happen. | 那不会发生 |
| 6 | Pure and simple, casinos are designed to strip you of your money. | 很简单,赌场是用来剥你的钱的 |
| 7 | Yes, they want you to have a fun time so you'll visit again, but not too fun of a time that | 是的,他们希望你玩得开心些 这样你才能再来看一眼,但别太开心 |
| 8 | you go home with a lot of prize money. | 你带着很多奖金回家 |
| 9 | Let's look at some of the things casinos do to get you to stay, hang out, and lose | 让我们看看赌场为了让你留下来 闲逛 输掉的东西 |
| 10 | your hard-earned dough. | 你的辛苦赚的钱。 |
| 11 | From the moment you walk in, the tricks have started. | 从你走进来的那一刻开始 诡计就开始了 |
| 12 | Casinos are a sensory overload. | 赌场是一种感官超载. |
| 13 | Bright colors, flashing lights on electronic gaming machines, and music stimulate your | 明亮的颜色 电子游戏机上的闪光灯 音乐刺激你 |
| 14 | senses and invite excitement and a want to participate. | 感觉和邀请兴奋和想要参与。 |
| 15 | However, if you keep looking around, perhaps you notice something odd. | 然而,如果你继续四处寻找, 也许你注意到一些奇怪的事情。 |
| 16 | There are no windows. | 没有窗户。 |
| 17 | In fact, minus the entrance to the casino, there is no natural light. | 事实上,减去赌场的入口,就没有自然光. |
| 18 | Often the casino doors are heavily tinted to minimize the sunlight outside, too. | 赌场的门也经常被大量晒黑 以尽量减少外面的阳光 |
| 19 | If you can't look outside, you lack visual awareness that time is passing. | 如果你不能看外面, 你缺乏视觉意识 时间已经过去。 |
| 20 | For the same reason, casinos don't have clocks. | 出于同样的原因,赌场没有钟表. |
| 21 | Time flies when you're having fun, except casinos would prefer that you forgot that | 玩乐的时候时间会飞逝 除了赌场更希望你忘了 |
| 22 | time is flying. | 时间在飞翔 |
| 23 | Some casinos go as far as painting their ceilings to look like daytime skies, further adding | 有些赌场甚至把天花板画得像白天的天空 还加上了 |
| 24 | to the temporal discombobulation. | 时间盘旋。 |
| 25 | They're hoping to trick you into thinking that no matter what time it really is, it's | 他们想骗你 认为不管时间是多少 |
| 26 | an appropriate time to be gambling. | 是时候赌博了 |
| 27 | Upon further investigation of a casino's décor, you might notice that the lighting | 在进一步调查一个赌场的代号时 你可能会注意到灯光 |
| 28 | is subdued, soft, maybe even a little dim to create a cozy, laid-back ambiance. | 温柔柔柔软 甚至微弱一点 来营造一种舒适的 |
| 29 | The background music is the same. | 背景音乐相同. |
| 30 | Soft, easy, unobtrusive. | 柔软,容易,无侵扰性. |
| 31 | The lighting and background music will remain the same day or night. | 照明和背景音乐将保持同一天或同晚. |
| 32 | Another time trick. | 又一时伎俩. |
| 33 | Casinos want you to feel relaxed, like you're hanging out among friends. | 赌场希望你放松 就像你在朋友之间闲逛 |
| 34 | The mellow, pleasant background décor doesn't detract or draw your attention from roulette | 欢乐和愉快的背景 并不转移你的注意力或吸引你的注意力 |
| 35 | or the flashy gaming machines. | 或者闪闪发光的游戏机 |
| 36 | The carpet in casinos tends to be vibrant with gaudy patterns. | 赌场的地毯往往充满了豪华的图案. |
| 37 | In many cases, it's designed not to be visually restful, meaning that you'll keep your eyes | 在很多情况下,它的设计 不是视觉休息, 这意味着你会保持你的眼睛 |
| 38 | off the floor and where they belong on your video poker game. | 离地上还有属于你电子扑克游戏的地方 |
| 39 | It's harder to drift off and get sleepy looking at bright, busy patterns. | 面对明亮,繁忙的图案,漂移起来更难困. |
| 40 | This might give a tiny edge to you choosing to stay in the casino instead of going home | 这可能会让你选择留在赌场而不是回家 |
| 41 | or to your hotel room. | 或者去你的酒店房间 |
| 42 | Also, the ugly patterns are handy in helping to hide stains. | 另外,丑陋的图案有助于隐藏污点。 |
| 43 | In a well-run casino, it's always very tidy. | 在经营良好的赌场里 总是很干净 |
| 44 | If there's ever a drink spill or any kind of mess, staff quickly materializes to clean | 如果有饮料溢出 或任何种类的混乱, 工作人员迅速出现 清理 |
| 45 | up and resolve the issue. | 起来解决问题吧 |
| 46 | Casinos never want to spoil the illusion that this is a happy fantasy place where you can | 赌场从不想破坏幻觉 幻想这里是快乐的幻想之地 |
| 47 | relax and let loose. | 放轻松,放轻松 |
| 48 | Vomit, sticky soda spills, and crumpled napkins belong in the real world, not here. | 呕吐 黏糊糊的苏打水溢出 餐巾是属于现实世界的 而不是这里 |
| 49 | Something else helping to keep you awake and on the gambling floor is the extra oxygen | 还有什么能帮你保持清醒的 在赌博的地板上 是额外的氧气 |
| 50 | casinos pump into the air. | 赌场向空中喷气 |
| 51 | High levels of oxygen keep us feeling refreshed and alert, allowing us to gamble longer. | 高氧量使我们感到清新和警觉,让我们可以赌得更久. |
| 52 | Casinos have HVAC systems with heavy-duty air filtering and purification technology | 赌场有具有重型空气过滤和净化技术的HVAC系统 |
| 53 | to minimize the smell of cigarette smoke, alcohol, human funk, and maybe even the desperation | 尽可能减少烟味 酒精味 人类的放克味 甚至绝望 |
| 54 | and misery that may pervade the air. | 以及可能弥漫在空气中的痛苦 |
| 55 | However, many casinos have taken it a step further and pipe vaporized aromatic oils and | 然而,许多赌场已经迈出了一步,管道蒸发了芳香油和 |
| 56 | even pheromones into the air to invoke feelings and guests. | 甚至费洛蒙斯进入空气中,以唤起感情和客人. |
| 57 | Many places have a custom signature scent meant to mimic a particular thing such as | 许多地方都有一种自定义的签名气味,意在模仿某种特定的东西,例如: |
| 58 | a Polynesian island or a citrus grove. | a 波利尼西亚岛或柑橘园。 |
| 59 | Scent is another simple thing to add to the ambiance and promote a subconscious sense | Scent是另一个简单的东西 增加气氛,促进潜意识感 |
| 60 | of comfort and ease to once again cause you to stay longer and spend more money. | 舒适和轻松 再一次让你多待一段时间 花更多的钱 |
| 61 | Some researchers have wondered if a casino's scent creates a Pavlovian response in regular | 有些研究者怀疑赌场的气味 是否会定期引起巴甫洛夫的反应 |
| 62 | customers. | 顾客 |
| 63 | Since you subconsciously associate the scent with the casino, when you come to the casino | 既然你潜意识中把气味和赌场联系起来 当你来到赌场时 |
| 64 | the smell primes you to gamble, and just maybe you end up spending more time than you had | 闻起来让你赌博,也许你花的时间比以前多 |
| 65 | initially planned at the casino. | 最初计划在赌场。 |
| 66 | As of yet, there is no reliable method to study this theory, but it makes sense to us. | 目前还没有可靠的方法来研究这个理论,但对我们来说是有道理的. |
| 67 | If the smell of baking oatmeal cookies can make you nostalgic for rainy afternoons spent | 如果烤燕麦饼干的味道 能让你怀念在雨中度过的下午 |
| 68 | with grandma, ah, miss you Nana, then a scent can subtly encourage you to gamble. | 和奶奶,啊,想念你奶奶, 这样一股气味会鼓励你赌博。 |
| 69 | Like a certain furniture slash meatball store, casinos tend to be maze-like, even disorienting. | 与某家家具斜肉丸店一样,赌场也倾向于迷宫式的,甚至令人不快. |
| 70 | There are no straight aisles leading to exits, instead you must trek curving pathways which | 没有通往出口的直道,相反,你必须经过曲折的路径 |
| 71 | conveniently take you past strategically placed gaming stations to reach an exit. | 方便地带你通过战略定位的游戏站到达出口. |
| 72 | As you wander through the rows of flashing slot machines on your quest for an exit, they | 当你在一排闪烁的插槽机中徘徊 寻找一个出口时 |
| 73 | will hope to lure you into one last spin, or maybe several last spins. | 希望能引诱你进入最后一圈 或者说最后几圈 |
| 74 | There's always the chance that you'll turn back and spend a few more hours, and therefore | 你总有机会回头再呆几个小时 所以... |
| 75 | a lot more money, in the casino. | 更多的钱,在赌场。 |
| 76 | And you might notice that the cashiers booth where you exchange chips and tickets for cash | 你可能会注意到,出纳亭 在那里你交换筹码和门票换取现金 |
| 77 | is usually deep in the casino. | 通常在赌场深处 |
| 78 | It's a strategic design choice just like the exits. | 就像出口一样,它是一个战略设计选择。 |
| 79 | Once again, you're forced to walk by many different types of gambling opportunities | 再说一次,你不得不走 各种赌博机会 |
| 80 | to your way to cash out, the same for the restrooms and eateries. | 给洗手间和食堂一样 |
| 81 | Another tactic is that often the cashiers booth is minimally staffed, so there's a | 另一种策略是,出纳员的名额往往很少,所以有一个 |
| 82 | long line to cash out. | 长线到现金。 |
| 83 | Would it be more fun to wait in line, or to pay a nearby slot machine and keep your eyes | 排队等会更好玩吗? 或支付附近的插槽机和保持你的眼睛 |
| 84 | open for when the line gets shorter? | 当线路缩短时打开? |
| 85 | Once you have your winnings, you might notice that the cashier has given you the largest | 一旦你赢了,你可能会注意到 出纳给你最大的 |
| 86 | denomination of bills possible. | 可能以面额支付。 |
| 87 | So if you want to have one final crack at an electronic gaming machine on your way to | 所以,如果你想有一个最后的裂缝 在电子游戏机 在你的路上 |
| 88 | the exit, you'll have to bet with a five or ten dollar bill, and not a one dollar bill. | 出口,你必须赌5或10美元 而不是1美元 |
| 89 | So let's talk about money for a second. | 我们谈谈钱吧 |
| 90 | In the majority of casinos, it's easy not to use money at all. | 在大多数赌场里,完全不用钱很容易. |
| 91 | Some games require chips, and electronic gaming machines take digital credits. | 有些游戏需要芯片,电子游戏机则获得数字信用. |
| 92 | Many casinos let you load money onto a card that's used for digital games. | 许多赌场让你把钱装进一张用于数字游戏的卡片上. |
| 93 | Sometimes they encourage you to do so by offering bonus credits depending on the amount loaded | 有时他们会鼓励你这样做,根据加载的金额提供奖金 |
| 94 | onto the card. | 在卡片上。 |
| 95 | When you're spending digital credits or playing with chips, it can be easy to lose track of | 当你花数字信贷或玩筹码时,很容易失去 |
| 96 | how much money you've spent, lost, or won. | 你花了多少钱 输了还是赢了 |
| 97 | When you leave or win at an electronic gaming machine, it prints a ticket with your remaining | 当你离开或赢得电子游戏机, 它打印一张票与你的剩余 |
| 98 | This is another way to disassociate gambling from spending real money. | 这是另一种将赌博与花真钱脱钩的方法. |
| 99 | It becomes easier to feed the ticket into another machine rather than go through the | 把票装进另一台机器 而不是穿梭 |
| 100 | hassle of exchanging it for cash. | 以现金换钱太麻烦了 |
| 101 | Many casinos offer free or heavily discounted drinks and snacks. | 许多赌场提供免费或大额折扣的饮料和点心. |
| 102 | Trust us, casinos aren't doing this to be hospitable. | 相信我们 赌场不会这么客气 |
| 103 | Alcohol consumption creates loss of inhibition and compromised decision making. | 酒精消费造成了抑制作用的丧失,影响了决策。 |
| 104 | In the short term, it can also stimulate exhilaration and social outgoing. | 短期内,它也可以刺激兴奋和社交。 |
| 105 | That means that you're more likely to be excited, enthusiastic, make poor bets, and | 这意味着你更可能兴奋,热情, 做出可怜的赌注, |
| 106 | spend more money. | 花更多的钱。 |
| 107 | Whatever the casino loses on liquor, they'll make up on your poor decisions. | 不管赌场输了多少酒 他们都会补偿你的糟糕决定 |
| 108 | Furthermore, if the casino provides you with snacks, you won't get hungry and leave. | 此外,如果赌场给你提供点心,你就不会饿着离开。 |
| 109 | Some casinos offer free perks, such as complimentary meals, hotel rooms, event tickets, and access | 一些赌场提供免费的优惠,如辅餐,酒店房间,活动门票,以及进入. |
| 110 | to exclusive lounges. | 到独家休息室。 |
| 111 | However, make no mistake, free perks are a careful calculation. | 然而,不要犯错误,免费优惠是一种谨慎的计算. |
| 112 | The truth is that whatever casinos give away in perks, they make that back hundreds of | 事实是,无论赌场付出什么好处, 他们使回来数百 |
| 113 | times over from the same people awarded the comps. | 同一人给的奖金 |
| 114 | Some casinos have hosts that roam the gaming floor on the lookout for patrons who are nearing | 有些赌场的老板在赌博场上游荡 对接近的赞助商的监视 |
| 115 | the quitting point. | 退出点。 |
| 116 | For example, if a host sees a patron have a big loss, or maybe being rough with a video | 例如,如果一个主持人看到一个赞助商损失惨重,或者可能用视频粗糙 |
| 117 | poker machine in frustration, they may zoom over and make encouraging chit chat, offering | 扑克机在沮丧, 他们可能会放大 和鼓励聊天,提供 |
| 118 | a voucher for a free meal or a drink, basically offering the patron just enough of a break | 免费饭或饮料的优惠券, 基本上给赞助人足够休息 |
| 119 | to dispel tension. | 消除紧张。 |
| 120 | Chances are the patron will resume gambling afterwards. | 赞助人可能会在事后恢复赌博。 |
| 121 | Sometimes the perks are earned through casino loyalty programs, where with every dollar | 有时通过赌场的忠诚计划赚到好处 里面每美元 |
| 122 | played you earn points. | 玩你赚积分。 |
| 123 | Cool, you scored a free $50 surf and turf dinner with your points, but if you were to | 酷,你免费冲浪50美元 和草地晚餐与你的分数,但如果你要 |
| 124 | add up how much money you lost earning the points for the dinner, you spent $1,000. | 加上你为晚餐赚了多少钱 你花了1000美元 |
| 125 | Sometimes receiving a free perk can subconsciously invite you to gamble. | 有时接受免费的保费会潜意识地邀请你赌博. |
| 126 | Free items can ease the sting felt by losing money, even making you feel like you've | 免费物品可以减轻失去钱的刺痛感,甚至让你觉得自己有 |
| 127 | balanced the scale, or even come out on top and beat the casino at their own game. | 平衡尺度,甚至上场,在自己的比赛中击败赌场. |
| 128 | Your perceived win of a perk can cause you to stay and gamble even more, because you've | 你所想象的胜算可以让你留下 赌博更多 因为你已经 |
| 129 | not walked away empty handed. | 没有空手离开。 |
| 130 | The slot machines might be the most dangerous section on the gambling floor. | 插槽机可能是赌楼最危险的部分 |
| 131 | Everything about them is trying to captivate you. | 所有关于他们的一切 都在试图征服你。 |
| 132 | The flashing lights, the ringing bells, and cheerful celebratory music stimulates the | 闪烁的灯光 响铃 欢乐的庆典音乐 |
| 133 | reward system in your brain. | 奖励系统在你的大脑。 |
| 134 | Slot machines are powered by highly sophisticated computers driven by complex algorithms. | 槽机由复杂算法驱动的高度精密的计算机提供动力. |
| 135 | Most have a feature called the near miss. | 大部分都有一个叫做"接近的小姐"的特征. |
| 136 | This means the jackpot or any other big prize symbol appears to fail to line up just by | 这意味着大奖或其他大奖符号 似乎没有排成一行 |
| 137 | one character on a carefully calculated certain percentage of spins. | 一个字符在仔细计算 一定百分比的旋转。 |
| 138 | This gives you the impression that you almost won, and therefore you're likely to play | 这给你的印象是,你几乎赢了, 因此你可能玩 |
| 139 | again. | 再来 |
| 140 | However, you're no closer to having won than if the desired symbol had not appeared | 不过,你比没有出现理想的符号 更接近获胜 |
| 141 | on the reel at all. | 完全没有。 |
| 142 | Ever so often a slot machine will pay out a paltry sum of money in order to entice you | 槽机经常花一大笔钱来引诱你 |
| 143 | to keep going. | 继续前进。 |
| 144 | Most slot machines are multi-lined. | 大多数槽机是多线的. |
| 145 | Players can wager on more than one line per spin. | 玩家每个旋转可以打赌超过一行. |
| 146 | Often players place the maximum number of bets on each spin. | 玩家常常在每个旋转上下注最多. |
| 147 | This strategy means a player can win on some lines while losing on others, gaining back | 这个策略意味着玩家可以在某些线条上获胜,同时在其他线条上输掉,获得回路 |
| 148 | less than their original wager. | 比他们原先的赌注少 |
| 149 | These events are known as losses disguised as wins. | 这些事件被称为伪装成胜利的损失. |
| 150 | You're winning, the machine is cheering you on, your brain's reward center is lighting | 你赢了,机器在为你欢呼 你的大脑奖励中心在照明 |
| 151 | up, but you don't come out ahead. | 起来,但你不会出来。 |
| 152 | Nevertheless, studies have shown that most players prefer the multi-lined slot machines | 尽管如此,研究表明大多数玩家更喜欢多线性槽机. |
| 153 | and often place the max bet, because the chance of winning something even if it's a small | 并且经常下注, 因为有机会赢东西,即使它是一个小 |
| 154 | return is so pleasurable. | 返回是如此令人愉快。 |
| 155 | We're not saying that you shouldn't visit casinos if that's what you like to do. | 我们不是说你不该去赌场 如果你喜欢那样的话 |
| 156 | Go and enjoy the experience for what it can be, a fun social outing with friends where | 去享受这段经历吧 和朋友一起出去玩 |
| 157 | you test your luck and maybe your card playing skills and even win some dough. | 你测试你的运气,也许你的卡打技艺 甚至赢得一些钱。 |
| 158 | But be realistic about what's happening, ultimately the house always wins. | 但现实点 房子总能赢 |
| 159 | And now that you've reached the end of our video, why not keep the watch party going? | 既然你已经到了我们视频的尽头 为什么不继续举办看台派对? |
| 160 | Plan on winning the lottery sometime soon? | 计划很快赢得彩票? |
| 161 | Check out our tips on the best way to spend your lottery winnings. | 看看我们的小费 的最佳方式 花你的彩票中奖。 |
| 162 | Or if you'd like to learn more about gambling and how casinos make money, take a chance | 或者如果你想多学点赌博 和赌场赚钱的方法 试试看 |
| 163 | on this video. | 这段视频上 |
| 164 | It's a winner! | 这是一个胜利者! |
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