In Las Vegas, gamblers are encouraged to spend their money around the clock
In Las Vegas,u00a0 gamblers are encouraged to spend their money around the clock. Now, a new set of photographs has revealed that even the garish carpets that line casinos have an important part to play in this agenda.
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The extreme carpets unleash an assault on the senses in a deliberate attempt to keep tourists wide awake. This is compounded by the fact that Vegas casinos don't have windows so that customers become confused about what time of day it is. Dr David Schwartz from the Center for Gaming Research, Nevada said, "Casino carpet is known as an exercise in deliberate bad taste that somehow encourages people to gamble."
