A Fortune Booth in Casinos?
Gambling games in casinos are often games of chance, so they say. Lots of superstitious gamblers do lots of rituals for winning in gambling. So, why not a fortune or luck booth in casinos to save such gamblers lots of precious time? No more rituals. All they have to do is buy some fortune cookie or chip for a luck charm to keep while gambling.
Fortune-telling are in today in a lot of commercial places. They come hi-tech in some digital vending machines in malls, supermarkets, groceries, and even some fast foods. Some people really draw out loose change to get these things in their hands, believing them necessities next to food. There's a weighing machine in posh drugstores and groceries that suggests ideal weights and ideal horoscope for the day, among other things. There are fortune cookies for sale in fast foods to instruct people how to run their lives for that day. Lots of decent-looking people (even the youth) take this seriously. So the same set up can work in casinos.
The fortune booth or vendo machine can be departmentalized into as many as the gambling games offered in a casino. One section is for roulette, another for slots, and so on. Even skills gambling games may be assigned sections as they are also often deemed won by great luck. Then there's the general section for newly arrived gamblers, saying something like, "Your fortune: your stars are particularly aligned for blackjack and slots. A guy you'll meet in this casino will draw unseemly cards to give way to your win so that in time your place in the slots will also be revealed." So the luck-dependent gambler will be directed accordingly as he enters the house.
And not just fortune booths. There can also be other vendo machines in a casino for "systematic" or "scientific" consultations like, what are the roulette winning odds of betting on number 4 or 7 or 14 today? Or betting on a red or black? Or, what is winning a natural in blackjack? Or, what is California Lowball Draw Poker? These can prove very important information for both first timers and veteran casino gamblers. And it should go under a heading "Systematic" or "Scientific" for gamblers who think fortune-telling is baloney but nonetheless need some kind of a winning hint, assistance, or encouragement.
Since gambling games are often associated with "a little luck" to win them, a good idea and additional income for casinos is a fortune-telling or luck-wishing booth or machine.
