Casinos employ people to bring “bad energy” and “bad luck” to a table to stop a person’s winning-streak. They are called Coolers.
I wrote about them 10 years ago and a reader commented “I live and work in Las Vegas. Coolers are a myth, they don’t exist”.
So I forgot about the whole matter.
Until yesterday.
I learned, again by REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE that they do exist, “fact checkers” be damned.
I don’t believe in gambling, but since I’m currently in Las Vegas, I decided to play roulette. I put chips on various numbers and instantly won 10 times the amount I had put in!
This is called “beginners luck” (I had never played roulette). It’s to do with non-attachment. If you never gamble and don’t care about it, you haven’t accumulated a bunch of mind-stuff. You have QUIET MIND, so “luck” happens.
Out of nowhere a strange looking fella appeared at our table. His hands were tattooed with a variety of pentagrams, suns and moons. His face was red, as if angry. At 7 am tables were empty, he could have had them for himself, but he chose to join us. He waited until I took my chips into my hands.
In that very instant – as if to disrupt my intention – he placed ALL of his chips on one number. Then I placed mine.
But he didn’t wait around to see the results. So strange. Didn’t he care if he won? He lost his chips but by then he was long gone. Instead of focusing on my preferred outcome I was wondering where he went.
From that point forward, I lost three times in a row. I quit so I could walk away with the few winnings I had left.
“There was something off about that guy. Creepy” my wife commented.
That’s when I remembered the “cooler” concept. I explained it to her.
The event happened at a Casino in “The Venetian”. Later we walked around at the Bellagio and tried Roulette once more.
Once again things started out well.
Until a guy abruptly crowded himself between the small space between me and my wife.
Just like the previous Cooler, he didn’t sit down. Just like the other one, he had tattoos on his hand.
He announced his presence with an extremely loud “Howdy there!” to disrupt the peace. But who was he shouting it to? He didn’t make eye contact with anyone.
The space between me and my wife’s chairs were small, he could have chosen better places to stand. His intention was to disrupt our good vibe.
And just like the other cooler, he randomly put chips worth thousands all over the place and then just walked off. From then on I didn’t win anything and left with net zero.
A common psychological weakness is that people don’t wish to be perceived as poor. This is how Luis Vuitton can charge $4000 Dollars for canvas shoes worth $5. This weakness comes into play in Casinos where people keep spending because they want to feel they can afford it and also want to be perceived like they can afford it. If you can train yourself not to give a damn how you’re perceived, you’re very fortunate.
We went for a cup of coffee to review what had just happened. Twice we tried to gamble and twice we were disrupted by a real-life Cooler.
“But don’t they want people to win a little so they get addicted until they play more and more and finally lose it all?” my wife asked.
It’s a good point. Except, I’m not the type to keep playing. Like so many other tourists, I’ll play a little, then leave. Most people are like this and their “beginners luck” would be a huge drain on Casinos – that’s why they employ coolers.
To assure ourselves that we were really seeing what we were seeing, we walked to another Casino – Caesars Palace – to just sit and watch.
And sure enough – every once in a while, a seedy looking character approached a card or roulette table, did not sit down, did not interact with or greet the people, lay down a couple of chips and walk away. One of these coolers noticed we were watching him and gave us an evil look.
A spiritual conspiracy?
You bet!
(pun intended)
The hand tattoos are easily explained: If the coolers are supposed to bring bad luck, then you’ll find former felons and gang members among them. The once we saw all looked out of place, as if they had just broken out of jail.
The word “cooler” is easily explained: A winning streak is experienced as a heat in the body. It’s energy. You’re on fire. The gambling tables in Casinos have screens which show the currently “hot numbers” (numbers that have won a lot lately).
Does any of this stuff about “hot numbers” and “coolers” have any scientific basis? If by “science” you mean the materialistic-atheistic view of the world, the answer is “no”. When it comes to big money, everyone suddenly has a spiritual view of reality.
The concept of “cooler” goes back to ancient times where it used to be called “jinx”, which refers to a person, statement or activity that brings bad luck.
After the two attempts, I didn’t play again. The game is rigged in many more ways both open and subtle. Example: Once I’ve laid my chips, the croupier moves the palm of his hands over my chips. This is supposed to indicate the table is closed for more bets. But I experience it as a disruption of the energy I put into the chips and table.
I know this because I used to do it as a kid when playing card and board games with friends. I used my hands to “pretend” to be shooting energy at their cards and they always got annoyed “Stop jinxing us!”.
Once, my wife moved her hand over the table to counter the move of the chips dealer. He got annoyed and shook his head “You can’t do that!”
Why is everything so rigged?
Well, if you leave human beings to their own, without interference, influence or manipulation, they naturally THRIVE.
Humans are divinely created super-charged units of electromagnetic energy. If you don’t manipulate the game, Las Vegas goes broke within a day. The same applies to everything else in the world.
