It’s hard not to look. Digital screens on rows of slot machines, hundreds of them, are twice the size of iPads and three times as bright.
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Shapes, cowboys, lemons and dragons pop in and out as the kaleidoscope of colors draws customers into a trance unbroken by the trill of dings and whistles.
A blackjack dealer shuffles a deck, a familiar crisp drumroll, before dealing cards onto the table. A gambler taps the felt to hit, then hits again and busts. The gaming floor at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth has a water hammer pulse.
Gambling is far from the only attraction. The casino has restaurants.
