Do casinos use “near miss” psychology in slots to keep players hooked?

[michellee]

Yeah, I have that many times by playing slot games. But that "that was close" makes us curious and we will try to play for the next few rounds. We don't realize that attracts us to spend more money because we want to chase "that was close" before.

We expect the magic will come in the next round but that is not. We are tempted to continue for the next rounds so we don't care about the situation. We just want to get the win and not think about the losses that can become big.

Feeling almost winning will lure gamblers and that works in their unconscious. That makes them forget to control themselves and difficult to accept reality.

[junder]

Yeah, I have that many times by playing slot games. But that "that was close" makes us curious and we will try to play for the next few rounds. We don't realize that attracts us to spend more money because we want to chase "that was close" before.

We expect the magic will come in the next round but that is not. We are tempted to continue for the next rounds so we don't care about the situation. We just want to get the win and not think about the losses that can become big.

Feeling almost winning will lure gamblers and that works in their unconscious. That makes them forget to control themselves and difficult to accept reality.

The feeling of being carried away by gambling is real. I've certainly felt it myself, and it happens consciously or unconsciously. Furthermore, I think almost everyone who gambles experiences this. Thinking that a miracle will happen on the next spin or in the next bet encourages us to continue gambling, and sometimes, when we do this, we don't consider the obvious risk of losing.
Or, this feeling of attraction arises when we're close to winning. I've experienced something like this where I almost won, but because I lost and the thought of almost winning, I did it again.

[batang_bitcoin]

That is one psychological way of making players hooked. They have considered everything before they've started all of those games, not only the slots. With music, theme, graphics and coloring that the background has. It's all designed to make us invested to the game and so we won't be getting out quickly and while we're enjoying, they want all of us to gamble more if ever we're not satisfied with the actual gameplay that these games has because it gives us the essence of being more emotional and craving for more.

[viljy]

Slot players will get this, sometimes that big bomb symbol drops, and you’re already thinking “this is it,” but nope… no tumble, nothing connects. Then you sit there thinking, “Damn, that was close,” and next thing you know, you’re still spinning, chasing that moment again.

So what do you think, just coincidence, or a little design magic to keep us hooked? I know they’ll say it’s all fair and random, but you can’t tell me the devs didn’t factor this in when making the game. After all, nothing keeps a gambler glued to the screen like almost winning.

When I was still playing slot machines (in my youth), I also had similar ideas, that this iron cabinet was watching me, seeing how much money I had left, rigging spins especially for me... All sorts of similar ideas were widespread among gamblers. I remembered another stupid idea about a "well-fed slot machine" - this is one that has not given out winnings for a long time.

Just think logically.
The mathematics of the slot is guaranteed to bring profit to the casino. So why else invest money to embed almost artificial intelligence in the slot, which will rig the games individually for each gambler, depending on different factors? Wouldn't it be too expensive? What losses will the scandal and the subsequent trial cost when fraud is discovered sooner or later? You have to be imbecile to take that risk. You must admit that hardly any casino is run by an imbecile.

[mindrust]

Good observation. Near miss bets affect players psychologically. Players think they missed this bet with a skin of their teeth and they’ll get it next time and that’s how they get hooked. Casinos use this situation without a doubt but they are not the ones creating it on purpose, I mean they are not cheating (hopefully) and showing it like the bet was a near miss. It is the players that get fooled by it. What was the casino gonna do? Ignore it? If you eere offered free money and knew no strings were attached, would you ignore it? You probably wouldn’t and that’s why casinos are taking advantage of the situation. In the end, I mean, they are in this business to make money.

[BitGoba]

Slot players will get this, sometimes that big bomb symbol drops, and you’re already thinking “this is it,” but nope… no tumble, nothing connects. Then you sit there thinking, “Damn, that was close,” and next thing you know, you’re still spinning, chasing that moment again.

So what do you think, just coincidence, or a little design magic to keep us hooked? I know they’ll say it’s all fair and random, but you can’t tell me the devs didn’t factor this in when making the game. After all, nothing keeps a gambler glued to the screen like almost winning.

That’s pure psychology . Slots are technically random, but designers definitely know that 'almost wins' keep people glued to the screen. That feeling of 'so close!' really tricks your brain into playing a bit more. So it’s not exactly a conspiracy, but definitely clever psychology.

[terrific]

That’s pure psychology . Slots are technically random, but designers definitely know that 'almost wins' keep people glued to the screen. That feeling of 'so close!' really tricks your brain into playing a bit more. So it’s not exactly a conspiracy, but definitely clever psychology.

It's a trick and despite that we know that it is, we are still doing those slots because we think that we're designed to win already.
And that almost is truly sticking us to another spin for being hooked to it. We don't want to miss the chance and that's the reason why we're trying again.
That fact of being so close really plays the thought in our minds that one last more deposit and we'd recover the former loss that we've made and we'll win.