casinos and the gambling that goes on
inside them may seem like completely
harmless and wholesome pastimes I was up
for a while then down then up for a
really long time but they’ve only been
here 20 minutes
oh but is it possible just maybe that
there’s a dark and treacherous
underbelly to all the glitz and glamour
welcome to watchmojo.com it we’re
counting down the most interesting and
kind of ridiculous facts about casinos
and gambling okay
how unusual money number five gambling
might threaten national security
do you enjoy having a prepared and
well-armed military force protecting
your borders well enjoy no longer
because according to a massive pack of
research published in 2009 under the
title gambling with national security
terrorism and military readiness
gambling weakens the overall economic
engine which is ultimately detrimental
to defense spending on an individual
level
gambling addiction doesn’t just affect
down-on-their-luck sad sacks it affects
the great American Hero as well
GI Joes are throwing their hard-earned
greenbacks into slots and on craps
tables as rates of problem gaming in the
military have been on the rise back to
Russia stated the gambling was such an
extensive threat to its national
security and military that it cited
those concerns when it closed down over
2000 casinos in 2006 number four flashy
lights and use it to turn rats into
gamblers have you ever walked into a
casino and instantly had a seizure
well that’s no accident research from
the University of British Columbia has
proven that flashing lights and music
cues encourage gamblers to take bigger
risks at least for gambling rats
scientists have manipulated rats into
behaving like addictive gamblers by
creating a tiny rat casino and flashing
lights into their cute little eyes and
pumping music into their tiny little rat
ears these cues cause the rats to take
bigger risks than they otherwise would
have while gambling for sugary treats
the rats are reportedly unconcerned by
the visual and auditory assault as long
as they’re supplied with a constant
stream of fresh cocktails and regular
ATM withdrawals by the end of the night
they were taking out ludicrous loans
just to keep their addiction hidden from
their families just kidding but
seriously the researchers were also able
to reverse the behavior chemically by
blocking one particular dopamine
receptor linked to addiction offering
hope for actual human addicts in the
future
suddenly there was a terrible roar all
around us and the sky was full of what
looked like huge bats all swooping and
screeching and diving around the car
number three citizens of Monaco are
forbidden to gamble in their casinos did
I wish you both all shoot I can’t I
don’t have any chips
Thanks radar you heard right Monogue
asks are not allowed to gamble in their
own casinos and it isn’t because there’s
such good card counters Charles the
third implemented this restriction to
keep the citizens of Monaco from losing
all their money the monarch is credited
with building casinos to bring in
foreign money in the late 19th century
at a time when Monaco was quite poor
allowing citizens to drop their point
there Charles reasoned would have been
counterproductive
instead citizens are allowed to work
there as long as they don’t spend a
single cent of their own money on a game
of chance I imagine that they instead
have to resort to other forms of
gambling like betting on when the Sun
will go down or how many pool balls one
can fit in one’s mouth and I was try to
beat my record for cramming pool balls
in my mouth when some a-hole slaps me on
the back no you swallowed a pool ball I
wish just one or maybe they just play
poker online yep they are allowed to
gamble online and send their money
outside the country womp-womp number two
FedEx was saved by blackjack FedEx CEO
Fred Smith yes that’s his actual name
saved his company by bringing their last
five thousand dollars to Vegas and
betting it on blackjack no he didn’t
just go down to his local racetrack or
back-alley casino he went all the way to
Vegas well most people would call this
embezzlement Smith was revered for his
business savvy he turned that 5k into
$32,000 enabling the company to pay
their weekly $24,000 fuel bill thereby
keeping their planes in the air for a
few more critical days he was then able
to raise another 11 million dollars
presumably by not mentioning to
investors that he literally gambled with
his company’s future so FedEx was
rescued from financial oblivion and
could go back to shipping packages far
later than expected losing people’s
orders and not spending a dime on
customer service of any kind
thanks Vegas 87 hours is a shameful
outrage this is just an egg timer number
one near wins are as good as wins as
your brain welcome to the red dragon
where everybody is
no this isn’t just a whole lot of new
agey everybody wins crap
this is science a whole pack of research
says that almost winning at games of
chance produces a response in the brain
especially brains of gambling addicts
that is almost as good as actually
winning a jackpot the near win or near
miss stimulates that part of your brain
in charge of reward processing but
here’s the thing with a near-miss it is
objectively speaking a loss for example
you put a dollar into a slot machine and
press spin and win 25 cents your brain
says win do it again but your wallet
says hey I just lost 75 cents but your
brain is like sorry can’t hear you over
the sound of these ringing bells and
dopamine surges this in turn causes
gamblers to stuff even more of their
dollars and dimes into the slots which
will then create a better likelihood of
near wins thus perpetuating a hellish
cycle until the bouncers drag you out
into the back alley and ring your bell
so due near wins keep you gaming let’s
do that again and just gambling really
threaten national security for more
company saving top tens and gambled away
your kids top fives be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
inside them may seem like completely
harmless and wholesome pastimes I was up
for a while then down then up for a
really long time but they’ve only been
here 20 minutes
oh but is it possible just maybe that
there’s a dark and treacherous
underbelly to all the glitz and glamour
welcome to watchmojo.com it we’re
counting down the most interesting and
kind of ridiculous facts about casinos
and gambling okay
how unusual money number five gambling
might threaten national security
do you enjoy having a prepared and
well-armed military force protecting
your borders well enjoy no longer
because according to a massive pack of
research published in 2009 under the
title gambling with national security
terrorism and military readiness
gambling weakens the overall economic
engine which is ultimately detrimental
to defense spending on an individual
level
gambling addiction doesn’t just affect
down-on-their-luck sad sacks it affects
the great American Hero as well
GI Joes are throwing their hard-earned
greenbacks into slots and on craps
tables as rates of problem gaming in the
military have been on the rise back to
Russia stated the gambling was such an
extensive threat to its national
security and military that it cited
those concerns when it closed down over
2000 casinos in 2006 number four flashy
lights and use it to turn rats into
gamblers have you ever walked into a
casino and instantly had a seizure
well that’s no accident research from
the University of British Columbia has
proven that flashing lights and music
cues encourage gamblers to take bigger
risks at least for gambling rats
scientists have manipulated rats into
behaving like addictive gamblers by
creating a tiny rat casino and flashing
lights into their cute little eyes and
pumping music into their tiny little rat
ears these cues cause the rats to take
bigger risks than they otherwise would
have while gambling for sugary treats
the rats are reportedly unconcerned by
the visual and auditory assault as long
as they’re supplied with a constant
stream of fresh cocktails and regular
ATM withdrawals by the end of the night
they were taking out ludicrous loans
just to keep their addiction hidden from
their families just kidding but
seriously the researchers were also able
to reverse the behavior chemically by
blocking one particular dopamine
receptor linked to addiction offering
hope for actual human addicts in the
future
suddenly there was a terrible roar all
around us and the sky was full of what
looked like huge bats all swooping and
screeching and diving around the car
number three citizens of Monaco are
forbidden to gamble in their casinos did
I wish you both all shoot I can’t I
don’t have any chips
Thanks radar you heard right Monogue
asks are not allowed to gamble in their
own casinos and it isn’t because there’s
such good card counters Charles the
third implemented this restriction to
keep the citizens of Monaco from losing
all their money the monarch is credited
with building casinos to bring in
foreign money in the late 19th century
at a time when Monaco was quite poor
allowing citizens to drop their point
there Charles reasoned would have been
counterproductive
instead citizens are allowed to work
there as long as they don’t spend a
single cent of their own money on a game
of chance I imagine that they instead
have to resort to other forms of
gambling like betting on when the Sun
will go down or how many pool balls one
can fit in one’s mouth and I was try to
beat my record for cramming pool balls
in my mouth when some a-hole slaps me on
the back no you swallowed a pool ball I
wish just one or maybe they just play
poker online yep they are allowed to
gamble online and send their money
outside the country womp-womp number two
FedEx was saved by blackjack FedEx CEO
Fred Smith yes that’s his actual name
saved his company by bringing their last
five thousand dollars to Vegas and
betting it on blackjack no he didn’t
just go down to his local racetrack or
back-alley casino he went all the way to
Vegas well most people would call this
embezzlement Smith was revered for his
business savvy he turned that 5k into
$32,000 enabling the company to pay
their weekly $24,000 fuel bill thereby
keeping their planes in the air for a
few more critical days he was then able
to raise another 11 million dollars
presumably by not mentioning to
investors that he literally gambled with
his company’s future so FedEx was
rescued from financial oblivion and
could go back to shipping packages far
later than expected losing people’s
orders and not spending a dime on
customer service of any kind
thanks Vegas 87 hours is a shameful
outrage this is just an egg timer number
one near wins are as good as wins as
your brain welcome to the red dragon
where everybody is
no this isn’t just a whole lot of new
agey everybody wins crap
this is science a whole pack of research
says that almost winning at games of
chance produces a response in the brain
especially brains of gambling addicts
that is almost as good as actually
winning a jackpot the near win or near
miss stimulates that part of your brain
in charge of reward processing but
here’s the thing with a near-miss it is
objectively speaking a loss for example
you put a dollar into a slot machine and
press spin and win 25 cents your brain
says win do it again but your wallet
says hey I just lost 75 cents but your
brain is like sorry can’t hear you over
the sound of these ringing bells and
dopamine surges this in turn causes
gamblers to stuff even more of their
dollars and dimes into the slots which
will then create a better likelihood of
near wins thus perpetuating a hellish
cycle until the bouncers drag you out
into the back alley and ring your bell
so due near wins keep you gaming let’s
do that again and just gambling really
threaten national security for more
company saving top tens and gambled away
your kids top fives be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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