The Importance of Music in Gambling How Sound Alters Your Betting Habits
Imagine you are online you play casino games all the time, but there is no sound! Would you keep on playing if there is no atmosphere, or is it precisely that atmosphere that makes you at times lose your money? I Don Fillipe try to tackle the importance of music and sound in gambling.
There are many theories relating to gambling and sound. Some people have gone as far as saying that many casinos in the world emit purposefully ultrasound or infrasound sounds that cannot be detected by the human ear in their lobbies in order to affect sleeping and betting patterns on a subconscious level. I maintain that if casinos still to this day hire Coolers, on a highly emotional and superstitious level (and am sure they do since I have seen gamblers from my table walk through 'employees only' doors, and never mind the fact that some croupiers have a 'chilling' effect on players anyway), then casinos must be using a wide array of the most modern of technologies to manipulate players' batting styles and sleeping patterns. Imagine that there is a frequency that keeps you awake for hours at end, and thus keeps you in the casino contrary to what your body clock tells you? If there is a frequency that 'chills' you out, then there must be a direct opposite frequency that has a completely adrenalizing effect on any human being.
It has been proven through countless of research that sound has a direct effect on the behavior of humans; both during wars and of course during episodes of torture. The latter was highly evident during KGB internal torture campaigns in the 50's and 60's when alleged spies were placed in dark, soundproofed rooms and bombarded with low or high frequencies over long periods of time. Needless to say, the effects resulted in undefined levels of short-term psychoticism.
But it does not always have to be the sound waves working on our subconscious that affects our gambling patterns. Let us consider the major and minor keys in most forms of music. Minor keys are those keys that can be regarded as portraying melancholy or sadness when played, and especially when interpreted their general disposition dictates to us that something unfavorable has happened or is about to happen. The minor key is also quite subdued in most cases and is usually played in a submissive dynamic. On the other hand, the major scale is more triumphant and triggers thoughts of confidence in the listener's mind it basically tricks the listener into believing that he or she can, as it were, conquer the world. This could mean that players, whilst listening to more 'positive' music, may bet in a braver pattern than those subjected to more unfavorable sounds or music.
Let us examine online casino games; these games are perhaps the best to analyze when attempting to create a link between sound and gambling behavior. Because such games exist singularly when played, they are the best candidates in examination. Through my personal research, it has become evident that most online video slots, for example, function within the major scale, whilst more historically minded games, such as those concerning themes of wars and violent mythology may sometimes function through the minor musical scales, although their bonus rounds are always triumphant. I have to say that the games of the latter category are far between with most casino software providers on the internet. It is important to know that some players may be drawn to the negative, minor scale due to their personal historicity and taste. However, the bulk playing casino games on the internet prefer to play those games that are more 'colorful' and positive in an aural sense, which in turn lets them bet more heftily and sometimes more subjectively than in a positivist manner.
In essence what we are seeing is that sound does not only alter the behavioral patterns of gamblers, but also entices them to play particular types of games, which means that casinos everywhere have done their sociological and psychological research well before creating and releasing gaming titles to the masses.
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