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A strange theory, myth busted.

I keep coming across this while doing research online for blog post subjects and I wanted to comment on it.

The myth is that casinos pump oxygen into the gaming floor area to keep people awake, and stimulated, and to continue gambling. I don't know where this idea came from, but it's easily debunked by anyone who is ever been in the back of house area of a large casino.

I've worked at multiple casinos as an observer, manager and technician. I have had unfettered access to the back of house areas of at least a dozen different casinos both in Nevada, and in other jurisdictions. I've also spent many days on rooftops, installing cameras near HVAC equipment. I am yet to ever see a large group of oxygen tanks hooked up to any of that.

If you think about it, oxygen is a highly flammable gas, and casinos are some of the few remaining public areas that allow people to light up a cigarette. Not a good mix. I can assure you this is a total muyh.

This is not to say the casinos don't use some tricks (they're actually design elements) to make customers less aware of the passage of time. Things like, no windows so you can't look outside to see if it's day or night, and no clocks visible to the customer from the casino floor. But that's it, no oxygen tanks anywhere in sight. Unless they're being used by the 80 year old retirees playing the slots

That's all for now, I've said my peace and done my myth-busting for the day.

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