PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS TO QUITTING WHILE AHEAD
Be aware that, psychologically, casinos want nothing more than for us to play away our winnings. Winning is so much fun that, having won, we almost always want to do nothing more than win again.
“There’s only one rule to winning at the slot machines,” says regular player Rita Benson. “Quit while you’re ahead.”
Say you’re playing a quarter machine. The modern slot machine will accept $20 bills and automatically allow you to play that amount by transforming the cash into credits— in this case 80 credits.
However, if you hit for, say, $100 on your first pull of the arm, you can’t press a button and get five $20 bills. The machine will transform your winnings into fresh credits so that the easiest thing to do is continue playing.
