I've been fascinated on how casinos really attracted gamblers on the games that they have that people come back for more even if they lose money. I'm talking about land base casinos here as it is really very attractive and the atmosphere are different.
So from what I observed, there are some that I think that might add to it's aura that's why we do play on them.
1. Incentives and Rewards - majority of casinos have this membership card, and so when you play and you used it, you will accumulate points and you can used this points like to get free merchandise from them. I even have been given free hotel accommodation.
2. Design of casinos - it was really brilliantly crafted by the design itself, very big, no clocks inside, and then the color could have played as well, like gold and red which they say is the lucky color or color of money.
3. Free drinks/alcohol and then there are live band - So they gave you free drinks and alcohol, but perhaps you make you drunk and so your judgement is clouded and potentially you losing big money. And then there are entertainment, such as live bands performing every hour to keep you inside and watch and have some fun while at the same time losing money.
Maybe you can add to it as what are you think we keep on coming back as if we are under the spell of this big casinos?
I haven't encountered such casinos, as they are most likely illegal in here. But would they also serve mocktails (coctails without alcohol)? And would they give those free drinks to people who aren't spending money in there? Or is this part of that reward point system for membership card owners?
Also i never paid attention to lack of clocks in them, i'll check next time if that's still a thing. But we had windows in them, if the casinos wasn't in a basement floor.
What i noticed is that these don't have any "free distractions" like pubs do, like televisions showing news or other nonsense in the corner. And if there are, they are only for showing games and races to bet on. I didn't encounter any magazines either. Just slots and table games.