A closer look
Casinos in Las Vegas strictly prohibit the installation of wall clocks or windows on their gaming floors as a psychological tactic to sever your connection to the linear progression of time. This deliberate architectural choice ensures that whether it is three in the afternoon or four in the morning, the artificial lighting and endless chiming of slot machines remain exactly the same. By trapping you in an eternal, sensory-overloaded twilight zone, the gambling industry maximizes the odds that you will keep throwing your hard-earned vacation budget onto a roulette table instead of realizing that your family has not seen you in three days and you missed your flight home
