在赌场要时刻保持头脑清醒

　　在赌场要时刻保持头脑清醒。

　　赌场设计的目的之一，是让你尽可能长时间的呆在赌场，赌场还利用老虎机的音乐巧妙地混淆你的头脑思路，利用曼妙的女荷官吸引你的注意力，没有时钟，没有窗户，让你觉察不到时间的流逝。还为您提供丰富酒精饮料，价格低廉有时甚至是免费的。赌场在努力为你制造令人神往的赌场感官享受，只有你沉沦在其中，赌场才会获得更多盈利的机会。在赌场上，也很容易看到赌客沦陷在这种感官享受中，从而失去了明锐的判断能力。当你的头脑不能保持清醒时，你就是在送钱给赌场。

　　许多赌客总是在自己口袋空了之后才意识到发生了什么事。

　　然而，有一种方法，可以抵制赌场设计的用意，为自己的赌博娱乐设限。首先，你应该戴手表。即使你平时没有戴手表的习惯，但当去赌场娱乐时，请确保你已经戴上了你的手表，用手表来跟踪你的所有开支，估算你在一段时间内的平均开支。如果碰到赌场早餐或午餐时间的报警，让你不要忘记吃点东西。你还需要设置一个支出限额表。如果根据该限额表，您已完成了当天的盈利目标，不要贪心，转身离开赌场吧。一旦您每天的预算降为零时，你必须离开赌场。

　　最重要的一点是，限制自己的饮酒量。不要因为赌场提供免费的酒水就随心所欲贪杯饮酒。酒精会影响你的判断。当然，其实你也可以尽情享受一两杯酒，然后换可乐或水或咖啡就好。持续过量喝酒容易让你脱水或者喝醉。请记住，如果你一定要喝酒，请隔一个小时后喝一杯。如果你要开车，在你开始驾驶前一个小时不要喝酒。如果你觉得累了，停下来休息一会儿，因为一场车祸的成本要比在赌场损失的多。

　　译文：

　　Casinos are designed with one purpose in mind; to keep you there as long as possible. The music of the slot machines is subtly designed to engage your mind. Attractive ladies talk nicely to you. There are no clocks, no windows. You don’t feel the passage of time. Alcoholic drinks are plentiful, inexpensive, sometimes even free. It seems like the next big win is just around the corner. It’s the next hand, the next spin of the reels, the roulette wheel, the next roll of the dice. It’s easy to see how people get caught up in this Disneyland of the senses and lose money they didn’t expect to spend.

　　It’s not long before many of those people walk out with their pockets empty wondering what happened this time. There is, however, another way. That way involves setting limits for yourself and sticking to them. First, wear a wristwatch. Even if you don’t usually, put one on for the casino. Keep track of how much time you’re spending there. If you hit the casino floor after breakfast, set an alarm for lunch time so that you don’t forget to eat then. Second, set a limit on your spending. Decide on a limit, and stick to it. If you get under that limit, you are finished. It doesn’t matter how close you are to making a million dollars. Once your budget for the day hits zero, you need to leave the casino floor.

　　Another place to limit yourself is your drinking. Drinking dulls your judgment. Enjoy a drink or two, but then switch to Coke or water or coffee. It will also keep you from getting dehydrated or drunk and doing something embarrassing that you’ll regret later on. Remember that it takes a drink about an hour to clear your system, so you can safely have one drink every hour. If you’re driving, be sure to finish the last one over an hour before you get into the car and have at least two cups of something without alcohol before you start driving. If you feel tired, sit down for a while and relax before you get behind the wheel, because a car accident can cost a lot more than casino losses.