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We all know that land base casinos are infamous for not having a clock inside or even natural lights. For sure we have fallen victims on it. One example is that when you came in late night and then you go out in the wee hours of the morning.

What if there is a timer on slot machines that will remain us how long you are playing already.

Question 1:

Would introducing clock inside reduces our gambling session?

Question 2:

Does having a timer in slot machine increase our awareness on the time that we are playing and maybe it can reduce long sessions and it might cut us from chasing our losses?

Still on the subject of slot machines, what if together with the time, it will also shows how much money we have spend already.

Question 3:

Does it stop up from moving on if we have seen how much money we've lost already?

The land based casinos allow people to have their wrist watch on while going into the casino. The casinos also allow people to have their phone with them while in the casino. If you do not have wrist watch, you will have phone. So why bothering yourself that land based casinos does not have clock. This answers your question.

Also as you spend money in a casino, you will know how much you have spent. Just make sure you did not drink alcohol too much.

I consider this the fundamental principle when it comes to responsible gambling. Everyone has their limits on acceptable spending. Even the most ardent gamblers have an idea of ​​the amounts they're not willing to lose. Certainly, a reminder of the amount lost could serve as a signal to stop playing; at the very least, a warning would jolt the player into paying attention. But we understand perfectly well that no casino would accept such conditions, as it's not profitable for their business. Carefulness and self-care should always be the player's responsibility. It's not for nothing that all casino rules specify a legal age for gambling, a time when a person is responsible for their own actions.

This is true, having no clock in the Casino is not a problem as we do have our own. Even a guy with out a watch can still monitor coz we do have phones.
The best thing to do is get off you wallet and extra money or even checks. Just bring the amount you can lose and want to play.
Make a target value with win and stop betting at target. Even if there will be clock in that place you will not control the amount of time you will spend coz you are on your best time of gambling.
You have the control on your self, or atleast once out of money stop and go home and do not attemp to make things go wrong by asking for some amount just to continue playing.

They sure have copied it from the big markets and shopping malls, no clocks are there and that is fully intentional, in such shopping centers they want you to stay as long as possible so you buy something. The same can be said for landline casinos and adding a clock there would not make a real gambler go away sooner, also not raising awareness. I remember one time playing from 16 Pm to 2 Am without interruption and even if there were clocks in the casino I am sure nothing would have changed. Normally some slot machines from what I have seen in Youtube videos of people playing in Vegas show their clock. So most likely it is not a problem of the clock but about a person desires.

Why not? If you have control over your gambling habits, you might as well have control over how much you can drink and stay "normal". I guess we can say it's best when going out to party & have fun to only bring with us as much money as we can afford to spend. If it's just a night out, does it really matter whether the money went on gambling or on partying & alcohol? Eh, it's your own money and you can make your own mix of "things to do with money you can afford to lose".

Being responsible doesn't mean we are responsible just at some times & some places... We are either responsible or not. And by the way, I guess each of us has some "crazy moments" here & there. It's just a question of who has more or less of those "moments".

I don't think that it will do that much in land base casino. Even if there are timers, I don't think that it will stop gamblers from continuing or even casing losses unless the casino will remove them from the premises. And there are a lot of games that we can play. Sure maybe if there is a timer then the slot machine will shutdown, then we just move on the next and the next. And this kind of setup is a bit controversial so I do not think that casinos are going to approved it in the first place. It's all about the business of making money and so anything that might affect their money making like this kind of responsible gambling will be opposed by the casinos themselves. For them responsible gambling is that you stop when you don't have money to bet, simple as that.

I think your wall clock at home. Your wristwatches and your mobile do have time which you can equally use a  tool to regulate how long you should spend in the land base gambling areas. There is nothing special about the slot machines providing you with the timing afterall there are other activities of your life which you navigate by timing, so how do you deal with it? Sorry, I doubt if the casino providing players time on the machine screen can make decisions for players and even with the slots providing the time, what have to be most surely be. Responsible players would bet responsibly while irresponsible players will always get carried away and plays timelessly.

Those questions are intriguing but I think knowing the casinos (businesses), they wouldn't do something to cut their profit and that, "No windows, no natural light" thing will be at waste. Adding these features in slot machine would definitely limit what they can get from the players. If you are not familiar, in some casinos, high rollers or even losing rollers were not advice to go home or would rather take a break from gambling, but instead they reward the player with VIP treatment to continue playing, we can commonly see this in gambling promotions when you don't have balance anymore and you'll receive a notification that you have a rakeback to keep you playing.

Alternatively, you can use your phone to check the time or have an alarm (vibrate alarm) so you wouldn't have to disturb other players.

I mean, having a clock and a loss counter on slots machines would definitely increase awareness on people to regulate their sessions. But realistically, casinos will never find such measures to be beneficial for their business, as they are very well aware it is convenient for their profits to have people to lose sense of time and money spend on this machines.

At least, it is still possible for anyone to take their own clocks and and alarms to gambling floors, in order to have some control on what they do and how much they spend.

If some company develop slots machines which those control mechanism, no casino would be willing to invest in them.

Doing these things could make gamblers be more aware of how long they have stayed inside the casino and how much they have spent/lost. If gamblers have that awareness, it could make them stop gambling if they realise they have spent enough time inside or have spent/lost enough money.

We could implement something like in Norway on physical casinos where limited amount of chips a person could buy and everyone needs to produce an ID to get inside a casino and the data is shared to all casino so they could not just go into another. It basically limits people on how much they could lose in a certain time. I think it's a good idea most of the countries could adopt. Norway has a limit on max bet and max loss which would not be required to track if we are limiting how much they are taking in.

I dont think that your proposal is going to work well, because what you suggest also have an opposite effect. Lets suppose you gamble and win, or start winning and regaining back. Then timer buzzes and slot machine turns off. I think you will be really angry if that happens. My second though is, why something should limit me from playing? We are not in the army, or casino is not our parent who limit time we spend in gadgets. Have you though on the following, no clock or natural light also play against casino, because gambler can continue winning until he feels bored. Why not then limit amount won and lost, and set those limits individual? Would work perfect for addicted gamblers.

I don't think that the absence of clocks in a physical casino to manage our time well should be a problem, except that the gamblers are restricted from wearing wristwatches. Responsible gambling is a personal choice, if you're not in control you can become addicted. if a gambler is in total control of their gambling then time and money spent in the casino will be well managed. When people who are not disciplined starts to gamble and becomes addicted everybody blames gambling for their misfortunes. But when a well disciplined person decides to gamble they don't get carried away by get rich quick syndrome of addicts.

1. No. Even if there is a clock inside, we will not take a look at the time. We will focus on our games and still pursue the win. But we may feel stress when we take a look at the clock because we are difficult to get our money back.

2. Only a wise gambler will stay aware of their gambling activity and not spend much time playing. They realize that the longer they play gambling, the more money they may lose. So they will limit their gambling activity and will obey it.

3. I will stop immediately after seeing how much money we've lost already. I don't want to lose more than I can afford.

Answer 1: There's always a choice in equipping a wristwatch. You can tell the time using that. To answer the question, yes, it might help people keep track of time, and maybe it will make them feel like going home once they see it's already late.

Answer 2: Having a time in slot machines. Now that's new. :D I don't think it will matter. A human brain could start ignoring it, so he will keep on playing. Showing the money we spent might make the difference. If they feel like they spent too much, it will definitely make them think about stopping.

Answer 3: Yes. It could. It might make a gambler regret the money he spent and think about stopping.

Responsible Gambling in Land base casinos is primarily the responsibility of each individual.

If people are so inclined to stay for extended periods of time in there a clock on the wall will
largely go unnoticed, shops generally dont have clocks either.

I did ask myself "could the establishments do more for their customers?"

I.E - maybe if a gambler is there for 6 or more hours a staff member could check in on them and suggest
they take a break or something. Then what happens if that gambler was on a slot machine for a few hours,
takes a break as suggested and someone else hits a jackpot on the same machine 20 minutes later,
I think it becomes a very difficult situation all round. This kind of ties in to the OP's question 2.

Maybe the cashier can ask the question of each gambler if they are sure they want to continue or
something like that but its really not necessary, I dont think any gambler will check their spending.

I don’t know how others gamble on land based casino but I definitely wear a watch and always hold my mobile phone whenever I gamble since I regularly check my email and messenger to still check any concerns or responsibilities.

Having no clock in the casino is not a valid excuse for not properly managing your time because we have limited money as bankroll. Either we will bust first or our body clock will let us know if we are already gambling too much.

I think the owners of these brick-and-mortar casinos are so greedy that even if their revenues increase by 1 percent, they'll happily cover their windows and remove all the clocks. This behavior isn't worthy of a quality gambling establishment, because I believe it shows disrespect for its customers.
A casino should be a great place to relax, but one that doesn't prevent gamblers from remembering that there are other things to do.

The absence of a clock in a physical casino is not to blame; it’s your negligence for not checking the time when they allow you to have a watch.
There are many ways to check the time. If the casino does not have a watch, do not rely on casinos; rely on your awareness of what time you should go out, how you should go out, and most importantly, how much you can spend and lose.

Exactly, Casino is a place for entertainment so people often come and play to kill some time during their free time that’s why casino intended to remove clock so that gambler will be entertained without considering the time which is the main goal of gambler to spend in there.

I believe most of us wear watch when we go outside. Only few don’t wear watch but they have gadgets to check the time as this is a necessity on our generation.

We shouldn’t blame the casino for spending too much time on casino just because they don’t have clock.

For a responsible gambler, it's possible whether it's online or offline, the absence of a clock, or anything that can hinder you from staying a responsible gambler.
Being a responsible gambler has nothing to do with outside influences; it's a matter of character.

There are a lot of temptations playing in a physical casino, but if you are a man of character and you know all the consequences of being an addicted gambler, then nothing can make you addicted to gambling.

Wait a minute, I thought we can wear our wrist watches or be with our mobile phones when in a casino, because at some point we need to be sincere with ourselves and let the truth out, gambling houses may not have wall clocks but there is no way we can be kept from having accurate time and that doesn't call for any discussions.

Yes, this discussion is absolutely unnecessary and we have discussed about it several times on this forum. We are in the digital world that the time we have with us individually are more correct than how it was in two decades ago. I do not see time also in many other places like shopping mall, lounges that I have been and party places. Even where there is time now, most people are use to checking the time on their wrist watches or phones.

This means that we can limit our gambling time by setting alarms on our cell phones or watches, as there are no restrictions on doing so at land-based casinos.

For our third question, we gamble according to the amount of money we can afford to lose, meaning it depends on how you adhere to the principle of responsible gambling or another option: don't bring more money than you can afford to lose if you can't control yourself, or bring a friend who can remind you.

You don't need a clock or timer as a responsible gambler, this is because you have limits and you know when to stop when you are exceeding it. It doesn't matter how the casino is designed to confuse people on what time of the day it is, your focus should be having fun and stopping immediately when you are getting to your limit. And also it's not necessary for slot machines to show how much you have spent before you think of making adjustments

Responsible gambling comes from every individuals and it depends on how they handle their lives and control their emotion while gambling, of course land based casino is actually cool but due to live communication and what you sees within the period of gambling and those who are also there live gambling could possible triggers you to gamble more without knowing the effects, although land base gambling is more attractive and interesting while gambling because you interacts with real life people across the house while gambling.

All these questions you ask here are the responsibilities of gamblers themselves. Land based casinos aren't there to babysit you or remind you to gamble responsibly. Your indulgence in the casino is of your own desposition and the extent you gamble is still your own decision to make. If you're an excessive and lose gambler, showing you how much you've lost can even trigger you to start chasing loses immediately and land you into greater financial mess.

You'll keep the timing yourself and keep track of your spending, in fact it's better to come to a land based casino only with funds you're prepared to lose at a session.

You've said it all. The only way timing in the land base casino's can be effective to supervise players period of being in the casino is if only there'd be a policy that when players has exhausted their limited time should be walk out of the premises. But which player would gladly sign to that when it almost feels embarrassing just by imagining if this has to be a reality?  The casino's wouldn't even be affordable to sign to that because it'd limit them from making more profits whereas, players may still have some money to spend and at lost would give the casino more profits.
Moreover every players at their very ends have the right to schedule how long and how much to spend in the While whenever they visits the casino's whether offline or online.

Well I think the main reason why casinos don't have clocks or windows is to distort the concept of time. People lose track of time, and that keeps them inside for longer. In psychology, this is called the time distortion effect. That's why I think if there are windows or clocks inside the casino room, gamblers will want to get out quickly and will become distracted.

Yes, I think timers increase awareness and for some people, it helps limit the amount of time they play.
Still on the subject of slot machines, what if together with the time, it will also shows how much money we have spend already.

Obviously if real time losses are shown during the game, many players will definitely leave. Because people calculate losses in their brains, and seeing large negative numbers creates a shock factor.

Not sure why you seem to ask obvious questions. The very reason that casinos removed clocks from the rooms is because they trialed it and saw an uptick in profits as gamblers stayed longer. People often look for any excuse to leave at the end of a losing session and a reminder that it's long past bedtime is a very powerful one. I'm not sure why any casino would introduce a timer to slots, but some will have alerts that you can switch on which remind you at intervals, 30 mins or an hour, that you might want to take a break. Nor is a casino going to broadcast to a customer how much they've already sunk into a machine because they want to empty their wallets if possible, not be reminded of constant losses.

You just need to make sure you can control yourself, then all the problems will be solved. Land-based casinos are not the ones that don't allow you to see the time or keep track of your money. Why would a casino show you the time or count your expenses? You have to do this, because you are the one who is losing and the casino is profiting. Be it a land-based casino or an online casino, if you don't know how to stop yourself, both are the same, the only difference is that in a land-based casino, no one will bother you while you are gambling.

I always preferred to go to a land based casino with a companion or friend that is as responsible if not more responsible than myself because of the issues of getting carried away or spending much more than anticipated.
Whether the casino uses a clock or not to keep time or to hold players ransom, the most important thing to keep in mind is that casinos are in it for the money and would do anything including adoption of any strategy including non availability of time pieces, just to keep you gambling non stop.

This is subjective to who is inside and who is playing. We all have our time to the things we do other than gambling. There are people that has nothing doing in their life other than gambling. A gambler that has limited time don't need casino clock to walk away, he will have a precise time to walk out as soon as the time reach the period they want to use in the casino.


This also depend on what the gambler is making at that time. It's very common and easy for a gambler that is not making anything to walk away quickly than a gambler that is on the luck day of his gambling. If the slot machine is giving the gambler good win, clock wouldn't matter but if account balance tends to go to zero, time will be the most friendly thing a gambler will look at most.



This is still the same, its subjective to the gambler. An addicted person that has nothing doing at home will gamble and leave when he likes than another person that has work load pileup at home waiting to be done. I think it's normal to see someone work out of casino if they see they have exhausted alot of their money than they have won in gambling whether there is clock or not.

For someone who cannot control their emotion, do you think they can control the number of minutes they give into gambling? I dont think so. If you are winning in gambling you become more confident that you can win more. Most gamblers fall for this.



Physical casinos can never accept the idea of placing timer on their slot machines. They want players to spend more time, which is the main reason why it wont be allowed.

The casino does not babysit players, for you a player that walks into a physical casino, it is expected of you to use your common sense and calculate your activities there so you don't indulge excessively. Truth is that the casino is not a casual relaxation unit that maximizes time for profits, it rather gets its profits with more indulgence of gamblers. Also, the casino is a business environment, they are there to make money from gamblers so the more the gamblers play the more profitable their business gets and no land based casino manager would be offering you any advice to curtail your excesses, the ones I've seen even encourages you to try other games, giving you visual examples of those who hit a jackpot recently in some specific games.

No I don't think so. Although some may stop gambling emidiately the session is over since the clock is there, but I doubt if majority will follow up the time since chasing loses does no care about time. All a Gambling addict wants is either to win or chase his loses and when this mode is activated, there is nothing on earth that can make them think about Time.

If the time and the money spent is displayed, it will make people to limit their gambling session, but I will still maintain that many will still not care about that since they believe that they will still gain, that if they lost in time, they will win in time. There is nothing a Gambler can not think when they are gambling.

It can only stop those that are not Gambling addicts. But for those who are gambling addict they will continue on playing without considering how much they have lost even when seen.

Nah. A gambler immersed in gambling won’t care what time it is. They are very focused and only care about profit, so time isn’t an issue. VIPs don’t even mind how long they’re spending during a session. Unless they’ve set a limit for themselves, whether losing or winning, they’ll only go home once that time limit is reached. As if land based casinos care how much time you spend there. With the number of players they have, I don’t think the owners even bother about time you spend.

An impulsive gambler won’t be stopped by outside limits. Gambling is an inner drive, and if someone looks for escape, distraction, or strong emotions in the game, they will find a way to keep playing — no matter the clocks, timers, or lost money. If anything, I think a timer can add more emotions, additional stress.

Even, allowing your decisions of how long to stay by the authorities in the casino's will be highily disrespectful because, it's like the players don't even know their rights and are inefficient to gamble responsibly. So the casino have to determine your risk level and tell you when to stop and when to play all for a good management of your risks? That's really ridiculous as babysitting as you said. Until the casino owners aren't profitable to when players plays, there'd be no such successful implantation as setting up timeframe for players in the land base casino's when both sides are after profits.

I wouldn't even want to step into a casino where phones are being seized and wrist watches are being taken, these happens in some casinos and it is really makes me suspicious of the casino.But let's assume that casino takes all your device and there are no ways to know the number of time spent, this doesn't stop you from gambling responsibly, have a limit and don't exceed them when you start losing

I think for every gambler, it is better to set a monetary limit and not a time limit, that is an amount of money at which when exhausted you exit the casino and do not add more, Not a specific time because if you gamble with time there's every potential that you may be tempted to increase your budget slightly if perhaps you lose too quickly and you feel like you've not been in the casino long enough.

Alcohol or any other stimulant that releases dopamine to the brain can make you loose track of time, and should either be avoided completely or taking in moderation.

Whether the casino has a clock or not it has nothing to do with your personal discipline, if you have limits and self control there's no way you'd keep on gambling continously just because you are not aware of what time of the day it is...This is just an excuse of someone that wants to keep on gambling irresponsibly...if the slot machines shows how much we have lost not everyone would be propelled to stop

Is this true? As far as experience goes from playing in land base casinos, I have never seen one that they will take your mobile phone when they enter. We all know the trick of casinos already with regards to watch or the time, they wanted us to spend as much time as we can and play all the money we got until we lose them all.

So it really goes down on our self-discipline, if we wanted to try land base then just bring money that you can afford to lose. Not bring your cards on anything that you will be tempted to withdraw as one trick as well by casinos is that they have a lot of ATM around, inside and outside of the premises.

What’s there not to forget is that, these casinos are here to make profit and the faster a gaming session ends, the faster they get the chance to make or losses more money. So, the machines would keep running because, you aren’t the only person playing or is expected to play.

I don’t think a timer would help in reducing gambling addictions or losses. While gambling online, you have the time right there in front of you, the big screen you are working with always stirs right back at you and yet, you gamble them both away still, time and money.

Having a clock which I find many to have in physical casinos would have the same effect.

The casinos are not there to help you manage your time or your finances. They're there primarily to make money as they're running a business. They're certainly not obligated to help you manage your resources. Being responsible and disciplined in a land based casino is very possible. We've got the ability to tell the time with our smart phones and with the watch on your wrist. Even if casinos had giant clocks mounted in their facilities, along with a subtle reminder of how much you've spent so far, it wouldn't do much to deter undisciplined gamblers from spending all the money and even more time than they planned to.
We've all got to be personally responsible for what we willingly do and not try to push the blame onto things that should ordinarily be trivial.

I believe this will help greatly, not just partially. Being able to see how much time you have already spent at the casino and the amount of money you spent during all this time, rounding it with how much you have won and how much you have lost, it will be easier to make a decision right there to stop or to continue depending on what the person's limit is. If it has been reached, he will stop, but if it hasn't, he might decide to continue.

I expected other reason why land base casino can lead a gambler astray or act responsible, responsible gambling habit depends on the gambler not the casino. If blaming land base casino what about online casinos obviously people still gambling irresponsible when using the online casino.
Firstly you’re expected to move with your phone, aside phone you can as well program your spending limit by calculating the budget for example the amount available for betting. When dealing with time the casino is not an issue because it all depends on the gambler choice to quit.

We have discussed timelessly here that responsible gamblers will always gamble with budgets of how much to bet with and the time factors of how long to play and how many times to play which regulates your gambling habits. Anyone hoping that the casino will do that for you is at the it own risk because casino owners will be so much excited to see you burning those money for their and as a physical gaming center, the owner will be glad to seeing players always active playing they profit more even if while players maybe lucky to win at some points.
So even if there is such time settings in the land base casino's, every players will always ignore it.

The truth is that if I go into a casino and they ask me for my electronic devices I don't play, I go somewhere else, they could steal data from our devices, when you go into a physical casino the casino knows that you have money with you, and that is something that we should be careful about, I have not had things like that happen to me in the physical casinos that I have gone to play in, it is something that I do not consider necessary, nowadays casinos know that we all carry our electronic Devices.

Definitely, it will. Why do you think every casino sneaks every timer out of their promises? Like, unless you got a wristwatch, you can't tell what time it is? That's the only way they can delay you for much longer period -- we all know time is money, so the more time you spend in there , the more money they milk from you.

Obviously... Are you only trying to hear from us to affirm your thoughts? Cause anyone would understand that there's almost no other way out.

I was almost thinking same thing and that’s why they said, you have to be 18 years and above to be able to gamble because you are solely responsible for for your actions and I believe everyone who walks into a casino already knows what they’re upto except they are already intoxicated.
This modern day, I think people buy wall clocks for more of decoration than time telling because we can easily check the time on our phone or wrist watch and of course, you don’t expect the casino to check time for you, you are responsible for how long you choose to bet and that’s why having a budget before each day is paramount and in this case, having a budget isn’t enough but being able to implement your budget is key.

I don’t know how best to say it but I think except someone is a heavy gambler, and a land based casino, else I think for online casinos, you can check how much you’ve won and lost from the betting history but if this feature is present in the and based casino then it will truly a great idea to help keep players in check.

Exactly right.

At the end of the day casinos are a for profit business, and they will use all the tricks they can to get as much money from their customers.

Noticed that there are no clocks or windows in casinos?, that is so that people don't realize they've spent hours there feeding the machines their own money.

I have thought about this though, sometimes I wonder why there are no clock in the Gambling hall, perhaps the reason is now clear. I believe that introducing clock may reduce peoples gambling session. But However it may not change anything in other words, because Gamblers have their own time on wrist watches and on Mobile phone. So if they think about Time they have it and will not need the Casino clock.

I will only answer this two questions,  having timer does not increase our aweraness and it doesn't reduce long session. Just like I said earlier if timer was the problem I think everyone has time/timer on their phone and can use it confidently without the casino timer or clock.

Every gambler either consciously or sub-consciously knows how much (how little or how high) amount of money they have lost to gambling by checking how long they've been gambling for, how much they usually spend on bets and what likely is the amount of money they've ever won from gambling, they know this but still continue to gamble, so I do not think that the slot machine showing how much a gambler have spent in total playing will cause them to stop playing, but I fear it might cause some really desperate gamblers to go into chasing that loss to try to recover it.

And speaking having a timer on the slot machine, this is absolutely not necessary when I have my wrist watch on, and assuming I don't have a wrist watch to keep track of the time, how about my mobile device that follows me everywhere I go? I can easily keep track of time from either my wrist watch or mobile phone, the casino not having a clock and or not allowing access to bright lights isn't really an issue for a person like myself.

I have not been in a land-based casino before, but based on how it has been described and what I have read, including the write-up on the Op, it's clear such options are not available on physical slot machines. Land-based casinos usually have these banking light features, which, if you enter inside of them, you won't know how time is moving since the place will be like neither night nor day, unless someone is able to make use of their own gadget to do time checking and manually calculate their wagers.

Land based usually use a card now to record your cash to chips and chips to cash transactions. You can ask on the counter while some casino has a dedicated machine to check this stats.

I don’t on smaller casino but this is available on land based casino in my country.

Casino doesn’t need to intentionally hide everything to let gambler stay since the ambiance and game experience itself is already enough to attract gambler to keep coming back.

No fancy equipment, you can have your phone or your watch to check the clock. But I will admit that when you are playing, it doesn't matter what time is it in a land base casino. Because of the atmosphere, the people around, you will really forget what time it is unless you goes bankrupt.

But then again, there are also machines inside that you can withdraw your money with. So it's like a world o it's own, at least in a couple of hours, even if you gamble for money or just enjoying it, the atmosphere is different and I don't think that responsible gambling is possible, as it is total chaos inside.

1.This is hilarious. Nowadays every smartphone has a clock. I don't think that land based casinos would prohibit the gamblers from entering the casino with a smartphone. The same applies to hand watches.

2.Having a timer on every slots machine won't do the work. Maybe the slots machines should have a set amount of bets made per user. If a user makes more than 50 bets per hour, the slot machine simply stops working, until another player comes. The problem with this is that there has to be a camera installed on every slots machine, to make sure that no gambler would try to cheat the "bet limit".

3.Perhaps the moderate gamblers would pay attention to how much they've spent, but I don't think that the hardcore gamblers would stop betting, just because they see a "you have spend X amount of money" text on the slots machine.

That is why we need to have a budget when we gamble to help keep us in check while we gamble.
I think some people can even with a big wallet cloth they wouldn’t still leave the casino
I had a neighbor who what he does more is bath and visit the casino at all times and that guy can stay there all day not because they got trapped there but they go there with some flimsy excuses that they have fun while making money and my point here is that, even with the so called time displayed, some persons come to such places with plans of spending their entire day over there.

Everyone gives a look on their smartphones every few minutes, so I guess it's not an issue at all that land based casinos don't have any clocks inside. To lose notion of time isn't an excuse anymore in the current era the world has reached.

I don't think there is much difference from virtual to land based casinos. Responsible gambling goes on the same way. You need to set a limited budget and you should gamble only with money you can afford to lose. Once your budget is gone, you have to leave the casino.

No, my experience in the casino house does not affect visitors who want to gamble, if someone is complacent and focus on gambling hours not a benchmark for them gambling, their eyes and brains only see and think winning.

No effect, say the time settings are provided, they will look for a slot machine 1,2,3 and so on, they will pursue losses and continue to play, Except: the visitor is really stopped, not allowed to play anymore, while still being able to play they will do until the memory is completely lost, realize them after the money runs out.

It could be, someone usually realizes when they have lost, their money runs out.

It will but I am here thinking as I type this that a person who has made up their minds to not leave the casino until they win will disregard the clock even if it is in front of them.

I think it does to a certain extent. But people are different. A disciplined gambler will not even need it but a person who is in the early phase of gambling addiction will need it very much to discourage them from long sessions thereby fueling such addiction.

For the responsible gambler, yes. For the gambling addict, no.

1. It is not a myth but those are irrelevant in this 21st century, we don't need sunlight or even a clock from someone else to know the time, we have it in our wrists and palm in the name of smartphones.

2. Might be, slots is extremely addictive for people love slot and can go on for hours so if we have an option to set timer for our session to end then it can reduce the time period, which can also be implemented in online casinos as a way of encouraging responsible gambling.

3. Same as time limit, it can reduce the activity if we are well ware of how much we lost on the session.

I don’t check time most of the time when gambling since I’m always playing card games that always require to pay attention to the cards due to limited decision time. I have less experience on land based casino but I believe I will do the same on focusing on the table rather than check time.


You’re right on this. Being responsible is the same regardless if physical or online casino because bankroll management is what we should pay attention rather than the time.

Casinos purposely hide clocks and windows to make sure that people lose time and play more but studies show that clear information can be used to help. Placing fixed clock on slot machine might not always help to lessen time spent gambling because most players do not pay attention to it. But required Reality Check pop up every 30 or 60 minutes is more effective since it stops concentration of player and usually makes him or her quit game which can make him or her avoid recklessly losing money. Better still simply showing money used greatly increases awareness of gambler of their losses and provides them with better control over their spending especially when they are requested to set spending limit beforehand.

Anyone going to such a casino without clock, would be with his phone. If you are not with your phone, you should be cautious of your spending. Only go to the casino with the amount that you intend to gamble with in order for you not to gamble beyond your budgeted amount. However, it's impossible for anyone to go to a casino without a wristwatch or a phone.

I don't think that clock can change how people gamble because if you cannot control yourself to stop when losing or winning then time will be nothing when you come out of the land based casino. Another thing is people will surely have their own wristwatch or using their mobile phones to check for time on how long they have been gambling in the casino. One more thing, casino does have plans why there's no clock as to make their gamblers lose track of time. It is like a battery purposely drained of all power so that the power will be transferred which in this case is money.

It can start and end from us but I still believe that what we see or hear around us can contribute to it. There are people that likes a physical experience but some doesn't. They are introvert and more of an indoor person, so land-based casinos can make them to be a more responsible gambler, if they aren't yet.


There can also be gamblers that only plays for fun and not for the profit. Take someone that is addicted on a free-to-play game for example. Reaching a VIP is usually tough, so you can be right that VIP players can spend more time than the normal player but I think having a VIP status can mean that you are a professional and a responsible gambler, especially if your VIP level is high. They can spend less time but are only betting more, which is why they still can reach a certain level quick enough.


As a good company, they should have done that.


Is it because they are much focused on them and almost forgotten us? Although if they address the concern, that can affect their revenues.

Well casinos won’t do that so maybe bring your own but at the same time how confident are you that you will actually check your watch or your phone.
If you are an objective person and you see how much you have already lost, you might not only come back out with your usual excuses but also with a new realization that you needed to take a step break from gambling. Maybe today is just not your day.

Even if there were clocks with a bong sounding for every hour, it probably won't change much as people would pretty much ignore the clocks as they would likely be more focused on something else and conveniently ignore the clocks.
We've got to be time conscious and not having to blame someone else for our lack of being aware of the time. As for slot games, I can understand people spending a lot of time on the machine. Perhaps, like you noted, we could set timers to remain aware of how long we remain sat at the machine.
We just can't expect casinos who are trying to devise means to keep players engaged so they could spend even more money to also remind players of the time spent so far or how much they've spent.

I think it will not help us to minimize our gambling activities 'cause here in my country, I can compare how internet cafes work, they put timer on it but we keep playing especially those who are addicted to playing games, they don't care about the time. Actually in every PC, there's a time already in the bottom right, but yet here we are, going addicted and playing games with friends 24/7. So same thing how gambling works, people on casino doesn't really care if dophamine hits already even there's a timer in their face. Even they put how much we spent, they don't care because gamblers already knew in the first place how much they will spend before they go in, they knew that there are bunch of money waiting from their banks and ready to let go. That's how gambling addicted thinks, they don't care because they're 2 steps ahead of what will happen because they want to gamble until everything is gone.

I don't usually use my wristwatch with time because I only see it as a fashion but I don't allow the battery to die, I make sure that it's working and time is always set. If this kind of place is a place where using of phone isn't allow, I think my wristwatch is going to be useful that moment. With this digital age freedom, anyone can have access to time and move out except if the gambler is such a type of person that knows nothing than gambling for the whole day.

Sometime, you don't even need a time to help you out. If you have a bankroll budgeted for that day, you don't need anyone to tell you to walk home that you are done for that day. If you are not such a person that doesn't waste all day gambling and don't have anything to do with life, I don't think you need a reminder for such timing. If you lose, you will leave. If you are winning, the thought of leaving the casino will hit you when you have too much loss, work like a magic.

It might reduce our gambling sessions, as long as we care about it, but we know that some players don't worry about it, and keep playing until they run out of energy. So, basically, it all depends on ourselves. Even if land-based casinos have large timers/clocks, they won't be useful if we can't control ourselves while gambling. So, let us be wise in everything we do, especially when gambling, we must be aware of what we are doing, including all the risks, then set time and financial limits when gambling, so all of it can help us become responsible gamblers. Basically, no one forces us to gamble, it is all up to our own will, we have to know the measure, is it appropriate for us to ask other people to be responsible for the actions we take? I don't think so, and I hope you understand what I mean.

Of course such will not happen because you will be reminded of how much money and time you have to spend and so will be conscious of yourself, which they don't want to happen in other to make fore money and profit for themselves since it is their means of income, and if they do that, they will not be more profitable as they want, I think it was an agreement by all the land casino owners for their business to be profitable to them and that is why you need to be more disciplined when gambling.

As a responsible gambler before leaving your house to o the casino you must have budgeted and set aside how much to will be spending and if are to play extra time also setting aside the money you are to gamble with is very important.

Going to the casinos with excess money as from the specified amount for gambling is not always good because you will be tempted to spend more, therefore you can set an alarm for timing you with your phone or wristwatch for a reminder if you will be carried away when you forget to carry your set aside funds for gambling also not to be carried away by the game.

Gamblers often lose track of time and how much money they have spent - but if a slot machine has a feature like the one you mentioned, the gambler can stop or simply think before continuing to play. But I'm not sure if slot machines will have such a feature in the future - but displaying the time and amount of losses could be an option if the casino cares about its customers.

So far, I haven't experienced what it's like to play live in a land-based casino - but it sounds like it would be really exciting and you'd lose track of time. The atmosphere in a land-based casino is very different and even without gambling, It seems that I will forget the time to go home.

I have also noticed that now with this post. After I read your topic, I can't help but agree with you that I have not also seen clock on the walls of a casino or game house. It might be intentional though and a general phenomenon. So I think that they are not fixing the time because they want gamblers to keep gambling without knowing when they will be late because the more you stay then the more you want to gamble there.

But I don't see them as being infamous because they didn't force any body to gamble and if you don't gambler, your money remains with you.

Moreover, the good thing is that people have their wrist watch and phone from where they check time.

If you have a watch, it could help players be aware of the time, yeah. They understand "Hey, I'm playing for a long time." But clocks alone dont reliably reduce how long people play.

Timers or session-showing display can help in some cases, so that someone can understand that he has been playing for a long time. However, that consciousness does not work for many, because they cannot stop at the attraction, urge or habit until they interfere with stronger.

imo the most effective is to show clearly how much money has been lost. you know, players can often control their costs if they show real money loss than showing credit or points.

I completely agree with your observation of casino clocks and your analysis where you say that there are no time markings on the clocks in their business which have no time markers; you are very right with no time markers in their business strategy to attain maximum revenue. They desire us to lose the sense of stop as well, and we are more involved in the game. About the fact that you have argued that they are innocent since coercion will not exist I can grasp your point of view. But it must be noted that systematic efforts to hide the truth of time is a present of covert influence. As much as we can manage without wall clocks without the assistance of our own technologization, we should realise the mighty influence of the controlled environments in the formation of the spontaneous ones.

Yea that's true. You can imagine when you are gambling in a casino then you suddenly look at the clock and it's 1:00pm when you already planned to leave there by 10:00am. Anyone would suddenly become motivated to leave immediately to attend to other things.

Some people may argue that gamblers have wrist watches and phones they can use to check time. Sometimes it's not just enough. There are lots of distractions in the mobile phone, the gambler might not even remember to check time there.

All these tools could be provided by casinos. I don't know if some casinos have them, but I won't be surprised if they aren't provided. They are disadvantageous to them. The more absorbed the gambler is on betting, the better for the casinos. The bigger his/her loss is, the bigger the casino's revenue. The longer he/she plays, the higher the chance of the casino earning more. So, why would they install mechanisms that go contrary to what the casinos want?

But, yeah, I think a large conspicuous clock would make gamblers mindful of the time, making them avoid overplaying. The same with the amount lost. It reminds them they're already losing big, making them quit. Of course, some gamblers would resist.

I agree with you and at the same time I would give a very similar opinion that those who cannot control their emotions and who are greedy often forget about the limits of their ability to lose while gambling and engage in irresponsible gambling.
And here it doesn't matter whether he is gambling physically or virtually. Because I have seen many stories from Third World countries on this forum where people are physically addicted to gambling and as well also seen lots of people are being addicted on the online virtual gambling right now.

Responsible gambling is a personal character, it does not depend if the casino is land base or online. If you are a reckless gambler online, you will be a reckless gambler when playing in a land base game and vice versa. On the other hand, if you are disciplined, such trait will be seen across board that is wherever you gamble and whatever game you play. Responsible gambling is what we should all aim because it is needed to survive in gambling.

Responsible gambling is not determined by the nature of the gambling casino used, this does not matter when it is online or in physical, this is more about the way we have seen gambling appearing to us individually, because addiction can be either by any of the platform preference we made and our choice to how we approach gambling personally.

Responsible Gambling is not difficult to adapt to,responsible gambling in land-based casinos is possible,but it depends on a shared responsibility from the gambler and the casino directly.There're roles to play in this case,However, lawareness, policy enforcement,and personal discipline make it possible.

Being irresponsible in gambling does not emancipate from the land base gambling platforms, it starts from ones mind and decision on how to gamble and also leave a gamblers kind of lifestyle altogether, this is not being forced on us, but rather a personal or individuals decision on gambling, if you choose to be a responsible gambler, it is very possible and easy to achieve, because there are no criteria's to it, instead our choice and what we opted in for in gambling and such turned to be whom we become at the end being part of us.

I would simply go in with my wristwatch, thank you. I am getting sick of all these suggestions from individuals and regulations from governments trying to babysit certain gamblers. If you cannot be accountable for the time you spend gambling, then there is no implementation from the casino that can help you. I understand that gambling addiction, must like any other addiction, is real, but if people want to better themselves, they must take responsibility, if they are not ready to, then no new rules or strategy can help them.

Yeah that's true because it's the mind that control all your actions that follows up with gambling and that's why it's very important to be always be focus and mentally okay because there are some crazy actions you take that can lead you to open the gateway to addiction be it land casino or even online because for me I even feel that the online casinos playing is more addictive and the reason being because of the easy access to fund your account and continue playing.

A lot of these things would be great if they don't have already. The problem with casinos is they are for profit so unless legislation comes in to make these law then its kind of against their money motive. Gamblers could also time themselves!! Pretty sure we all have phones by now?

I believe responsible gambling isn't determined by the type of casino. Whether land-based or online, responsible gambling is possible, and vice versa. Anyone can gamble excessively or become addicted, whether at a land-based or brick-and-mortar casino. It all depends on their mindset and approach to gambling. If the mindset is the same, viewing gambling as a means of profit, then responsible gambling, whether at a land-based or brick-and-mortar casino, doesn't exist.

Mindset plays a very important role because everything depends on it If we are doing any activity we cannot lose our way, Something very strange happens to meWhen I am in a physical casino I have more control over my emotions than in an online casino, I think that in an online casino, as a player, you become less inhibited and if you lose, well, nothing happens, you are left with that But I am ashamed to lose in a physical casino where they are Probably watching me play.