Remember when you were young how happy you get when you hear the sound of the ice cream you want it badly, you cry, throw tantrums until your parents out caretaker gets it for you, even when you don't physically hear the sound of the van you think about it and wait for it badly. but as you mature you get wiser and more responsible that the sound of the ice cream van doesn't move you anymore, you Don't think about it that much, you get ice cream for fun and when you want to, you are now disciplined about it, but there are some adults who never overcome that and are still today influenced by the sound of the ice cream van.
Same way sounds can make someone an irresponsible gambler if they don't caution themselves. The Slot machine has lots of sounds that can get stuck in your mind especially the sound it makes when you win. There is this story about a man who is trying to be a responsible gambler on how he used to go to bed thinking about that winning sounds that comes from the slot machine, he just can't wait to be live facing the slot machine and anytime he is not facing the machine the sounds still lingers in his mind. The first step to his recovery was how he started to handle the slot machine sounds.
Gambling is not the Dark angel but is how the gambler acts. Give a kid an iPad and let them watch their favorite cartoons the let that sound affect them that they don't want to do anything else than watch it and it can affect their health, social behavior and interactions.
To be a disciplined gambler you should have a matured mind, see those sounds are things that makes the game fun, if possible get an ear plugs to block it out if you can't handle it, don't underestimate the power of sounds on your psychology.
Even If an irresponsible gambler stops gambling and still have a poorly matured mind they will easily find something else affecting them badly even more than gambling.
https://consensus.app/search/influence-of-sound-on-gambling-behavior/l16uzsi9RPq8L2cccHDTdA/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=clipboard This article can show you the power of sounds and how it can affect a gambler.
Conclusion: my aim is to stand for disciplined and responsible gambling because I am also a gambler.
As I was reading this I was thinking how people should just tune out the sound with some headphones and they would be good but then you did mention that. I never thought about how the sounds can make you want to gamble, they become addictive even in and of itself and that goes deep deep into a rabit hole on the psychology of gambling im sure there are so many other cues that lead people to gamble and other addictive habits