Casino 101
Did You Know?
"Effect"ive Strategies
Name that Nudge
100

This strategy causes a person to lose track of time while in a casino, due to the lack of clocks and natural light.

What is Disorientation?

100

We are exposed to this many ads every day.

What is 3,000?

100

If consumers swap their preference between two options when presented with a third option, they have fallen into this cognitive bias.

What is Decoy Effect?

100

All of Jim’s friends have the new iPhone 17. Therefore, Jim also wastes money on a new iPhone even though he has a perfectly good phone. This nudge is called?

What is Social Proof?

200

Jerry has already lost $5,000 playing blackjack. He continues to play because of all the time, money, and effort he has already invested. What fallacy is Jerry falling into?

What is Sunk Cost Fallacy?

200

When someone separates money into different categories, they are using this type of accounting.

What is Mental Accounting?

200

This cognitive bias causes a person to compare all new information with the original information they received.

What is Anchoring Effect?

200

This nudge feeds off of the fear that the sale is ending soon.

What is Urgency?

300

This is the most popular form of gambling for Americans.

What is Lottery?

300

This concept describes the consumer’s satisfaction or pain they feel when purchasing a discounted item.

What is Transactional Utility?

300

What cognitive bias causes a person to change their preference based on what is free?

Zero Price Effect

300

There is a limited supply of the new Starbucks cups, which motivates everyone to hurry up and buy the cup. This is an example of this nudge.

What is Limited Time?

400

Stimulating lights and sounds are an example of this strategy used by casinos.

What is Atmosphere?

400

This philosopher from Athens called contentment "Natural Wealth". 

What is Socrates?

400

Lucy has just test-driven a car and now feels a sense of ownership towards it. What cognitive bias is she exhibiting?

What is Endowment Effect?

400

Johnny Depp is in a cologne commercial convincing every guy to wear this certain cologne; this is an example of this type of nudge.

What is  Authority?

500

Using digital credits instead of cash is an example of this strategy used by casinos.

What is Convenience?

500

America’s personal savings rate is this percentage.

What is 5.3%

500

If you assign more value to the things you already own compared to what you don’t, you are using this cognitive bias.

What is Endowment Effect

500

When the ad only highlights the product's benefits, it is an example of this type of nudge.

What is Framing?

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