Now I’ve watched many a doco and read many an article about how addicting pokies are, how they work, how there’s no such thing as a near miss, what a “loss disguised as a win” is. I haven’t played the pokies for a long time.
But I met a mate for a beer and we each put $20 in. I ended up walking out with $38 but holy crap I can see how easily they can be addictive.
Even I found myself coaxing the “reels” to hit the right symbols so I’d get a feature. Even though I know that once I hit that button, the game is over and the result known to the machine but not me. I know those reels are simply graphics. I know nothing I can do will change the outcome of those “reels” but I still found myself hoping something I said would.
Fuck Aristocrat and Len Ainsworth. Blow the bastards up, as Tim Freedman said (in nonesuch words).
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