Why is it always freezing cold at casinos?

**shari91** · 06-01-12, 09:31 AM

I was told it's to keep you awake.

**thetrinity** · 06-01-12, 09:34 AM

ya they dont want you get sleepy.

**MC PICKS** · 06-01-12, 09:37 AM

To keep you awake and gambling.

**Emily_Haines** · 06-01-12, 09:40 AM

Well than why is it that all those mountain climbers that get stuck at high elevation always want to lay down at sleep when it is 20 below?

**milwaukee mike** · 06-01-12, 09:46 AM

mountain climbers get sleepy up there because there's less oxygen

casinos have been known to pump in oxygen too, wild carpeting and cold air are meant to keep you up while free booze is meant to make you loose

fine line but they have it down to a science

**shari91** · 06-01-12, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by Emily_Haines

Well than why is it that all those mountain climbers that get stuck at high elevation always want to lay down at sleep when it is 20 below?

They get tired from the thin air but when they start to suffer from severe hypothermia, their organs are failing and they can't walk because their muscle coordination starts to go. Plus their brain becomes a mess so there's not much else they can really do but just lay there.

**thetrinity** · 06-01-12, 10:14 AM

plus complete fatigue for mountain climbing, a fat slob sitting there in a poker room doesnt fatigue unless he has to get up and walk to shit.

**Grits n' Gravy** · 06-01-12, 10:30 AM

You would think in the blazing Vegas summer and humidity levels of Eastern part of country that people would appreciate good cold free a/c.

**Cuse0323** · 06-01-12, 01:21 PM

Gotta pump in the oxygen to keep the old folks alive.

**MC PICKS** · 06-01-12, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by Emily_Haines

Well than why is it that all those mountain climbers that get stuck at high elevation always want to lay down at sleep when it is 20 below?

Cause your not exerting yourself sitting at a blackjack table like you are when your climbing thousands of feet, casinos pump oxygen into the atmosphere as well, this is fact.

**Kaabee** · 06-01-12, 11:07 PM

lol they don't pump oxygen in. urban legend. not only illegal but a massive fire hazard.

**onlooker** · 06-01-12, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by Grits n' Gravy

You would think in the blazing Vegas summer and humidity levels of Eastern part of country that people would appreciate good cold free a/c.

Security are on their toes during summer months to keep the bums from sleeping in the books and casino areas.

I call them book bums.

**ChalkyDog** · 06-01-12, 11:16 PM

Fukk that, shit is hot in Casinos a lot. Sure, the nicer engine ones, and the nicer ones on the strip have it at a good temp, but I am always sweating my balls off in these things.

**tatommack** · 06-01-12, 11:18 PM

Keeps you awake never notice you can gamble all night long without getting tried till 3 or 4 am

**aceking** · 06-02-12, 04:17 AM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

mountain climbers get sleepy up there because there's less oxygen

casinos have been known to pump in oxygen too, wild carpeting and cold air are meant to keep you up while free booze is meant to make you loose

fine line but they have it down to a science

same thing in SBR Casino .

**secretstash** · 06-02-12, 09:56 AM

dont forget no clocks anywhere in a casino so u lose track of time

but the oxygen is a myth as another poster said...

-stash

Do Casinos Pump Oxygen?

Written by Jack Jones - Google +

There is a popular myth out there that the casinos in Las Vegas pump oxygen through the air conditioning system to enrich the air. The theory behind this is that the oxygen keeps you from sleeping as long and therefore you will be more inclined to gamble your money away.
However, this is an old urban legend that doesn’t have any real fact behind it. What comes to mind every time I hear this rumor are the three Apollo astronauts who died when a small spark combined with oxygen ignited their space capsule creating one of NASA’s worst disasters.
According to my a Captain at the local Fire Department, “pumping oxygen into a casino would be a tremendous fire hazard that would greatly increase the flammability of all other objects. Any small fire, anywhere in the hotel, would be fanned and magnify itself by pumped oxygen.” As for the risk/reward opportunity, no casino would ever entertain the thought.
Of course that doesn’t mean the casino doesn’t have its share of tricks to part bettors from their cash. Casinos spend tens of thousands of dollars each year studying whether scents, interior design (yes, even that gaudy carpeting) or trying to keep light off the foreheads of customers-which is draining on them from an energy standpoint-will make players stay and play more. If somehow a casino could figure out how to keep each and every patron playing just five more minutes a night, it would add millions to a casino’s gross each year.
Now back to this ridiculous rumor of pumping oxygen. It does have a starting point. I believe ground zero comes from Mario Puzo’s book, Fools Die, where the practice of pumping oxygen was written by Puzo regarding the mythical Las Vegas casino Xanadu. I guess your friend translated this fictional work into reality, but hey, Colin, maybe casinos one day will try decreasing the oxygen to disorient the players even more than they already are.