The gambling system designed in casino is such that the banker always have higher odds. Therefore, overall banker will always win. This is nothing to do with fengshui or devil worship.

If need to depend on fengshui for casinos to make money then places like las vegas will be gone already.

Fengshui is more psychological than science and magic.

wanna knoe about feng shui??go genting area..esp casino place...see a lot feng shui designed 2 eat all our $$$..u will see a lot mirror above casino & mirror everywhere...

got reason y fengshui can make us gamble until lose $$$ de..

From a design/experience perspective, casinos are fascinating places:

1) There are no windows. Gamblers have no idea whether it’s light or dark or sunny or rainy outside.

2) There are no clocks. Dealers are forbidden from wearing watches. Time becomes meaningless.

3) There’s intentionally poor navigation. They are built like mazes meaning it’s usually tough to find a way out.

4) There’s a constant barrage of noises. Slot machines spin, games ding and dong, coins hit metal, there’s the pitter patter of the people running the games, etc. Many of these sounds, like the ringing of the slots, is there to give you a false sense of hope (“If all of those bells are ringing, somebody must be winning!”).

5) Loose slot machines — ones that pay out more often — are placed near highly trafficked areas (e.g. the aisles, change booth, restaurants, etc.) so more people witness winners.

6) There’s constant research on all aspects of the sensory experience: scents, colors, interior design, and the angles of lights (e.g. light that hits people’s foreheads is a no-no because it apparently drains gamblers of energy).

7) The attire (or lack thereof) of everyone who works there contributes to the atmosphere (e.g. dealers in uniforms, pit bosses in suits, servers in skimpy outfits, etc.)

8) Free booze is delivered to gamblers without them having to get up.

9) It’s not a passive experience. Gamblers are made to feel like they influence the process. And when a gambler feels they can affect the outcome — by throwing the die, choosing a roulette number, or deciding when to split at blackjack — a feeling of control develops that keeps them gambling longer.

10) There’s a constant rhythm. Everything happens at regular intervals. Dice are rolled. Cards are dealt. Wheels are spun. Bets are placed. And then it happens again. (Interesting note: Casinos have slowly phased out deck shuffling by installing automatic shufflers. Gamblers used to get a break while dealers reshuffled. Now it’s a constant flow of cards which increases the number of hands per hour — and that means more money for the house.)

11) There are players cards which get frequent gamblers free nights, food, and room upgrades.

12) There’s a palpable energy in the room. Money’s on the line. It’s a big night out. People are paying attention. Everyone’s engaged.

13) Some say casinos are pumped full of oxygen so gamblers feel more awake and energetic. (Others say this is just a myth that, if true, would result in a tremendous fire hazard.)

14) The funnel pours one way. There are thousands of places to hand over money to the casino. Every craps table, blackjack table, roulette wheel, and slot machine will take your cash. Yet there’s only one place to get paid out in bills: the cashier window. And to get there, you’ve got to pass all those other places that want to take your money.

The result: a completely immersive and compelling customer experience. It’s no wonder some people don’t know when to stop.

Feng Shui have been around for more than 5000 years.

As long as we are still living in this earth. Feng- (Wind) Shui (Water) is de most important element in human kind.

So it's not superstitious belief coz it's already Scientifically proven on how a Good Feng Shui changes on someone health and wealth.

If u guys really wanna know more, of course, hiring a Master will be expensive. BUT there are always a cheaper way, JUST buy a book a learn it by yourself slowly.

And yes, forget about LILIAN books...she is more focus on preaching feng shui.

Get those books from HK Famous Feng Shui master, Mr. So Man Foong or our local boy, Mr Joey Yap. They are more practically explain on how to improved one person fengshui.

Cheers and gong Xi Fa Cai

i always thought feng shui is based on the recommended place to build your house in ancient times

i.e, it must be at a place of good air circulation, feng (wind) as you dont have fan or air con then (and it can get hot in summer). it must also be at a place of easily available water from spring, river, lake, or well (shui) as they dont have modern piping, tanks, and pumps.

everything else is bs.

I suggest u get a book from Master Joey Yap or Master So Man Foong to understand better on how they Scientifically proven.

Houses in T-junction or with address no. 44 is all myth or urban legend. Just because all the horror story has been passed down through generations, people start to convinced it is real. But we as human being will still take it at caution even it we are non-believer. We will still avoid staying in t-junction houses because we are kiasu.

We someone shift into t-junction house, some bad accident happened and people blame it on the t-junction. But when accident happen to someone else in another house, maybe the blame is on the house number. People always have things to blame or praise. That's when fengshui comes in handy.

FS1: Don't build your kitchen at the West

Explanation:
- Morning sunlight from the East is rather mild, and the heat will not spoil the food (In ancient time, the bacteria concept and its grow and its activity against temperature was unknown during the time), this observation of food against Sun movement was recorded. This statement holds true with or without refrigerator in mind.
- West is where the sun setting, heat accumulated throughout the day and the West spot is always the warmest, which is bad for food.

FS2: Build a house located at the North and facing South, and good to have a wall at the North

Explanation:
- This statement/observation is definitely recorded by people who lived in Northern Hemisphere. During winter time, snow and cold wind blows from the North, a wall built at the North would comes in handy here.
- Facing South means doors are good to be built at South, for the same reason above. Snow, cold wind blows into the house if the doors are built facing North. Inconvenience and bad for health too.

I came across these explanation from some articles on the subject. There are not many books referring to reasoning and scientific explanation on the subject nowadays.

My guess is, if someone publishes a book with this kind of explanation, Feng Shui master would have a hard time selling the concepts anymore. It has evolved from impacts of surrounding to human being towards superstitious on how they could impact your wealth, your love life, your health, your everything.....and without a need of explaining why.

Do this, or buy this crystal, whatever you dream of will come true. You only need to pay a small amount to get what you wish for.....how wonderful the deal is.....

For me, Believe in Feng Shui, yes.....Believe in Feng Shui master...probably not.

traditional medicine (unlike fengshui) is often testable and researchable. plenty of scientific test has been done on some traditional medicine. try doing that to fengshui.

If you say its non-existantial, you're like saying Chinese traditional medicine is a lie. You're insulting 5000years of wisdom.

It comes frm the same book and through one source.
It's rewritten by more then over hundred of wisdom and experience.
Of course folks that are educated through the western way could nv understood or perhaps get close enough to see it. Even PHDs are unable to unravel the fact of this book.Name of the book called 易經 and it's been renamed this way in the modern days.
*DON'T slap me with your wiki fact.
*DON'T say out topic because it's the source.
*TELL me how much u know if u are confident to go into details of it.
*If you don't know don't say bullshyt because it makes u look ignorant.
*As i say don't slap out the history timeline because it's another ignorant thing to do.

Alot are just assuming everything through the western culture and knowledge based on accumulated theories from westerners too.

As someone prev mentioned before, there's a basis. This basis can never be applied through westerner's formula or theories. If u guys think that u could explain or judge through ur wikifacts/westerner's view then u are wrong.

@Robertngo
Noone had even proof it wrong n "U" jumped into conclusion? Noone know? u think 500 yrs ago everyone are pratically idiot?
Yes superstition in western's view as i said.

Do u actually understand or read before I-Ching or not?
If not there's no point me pointing out to u. It's not reading story book or reading any encylopedia or worst of all like reading manga.

乾: 九三：君子終日乾乾，夕惕若，厲，無咎。
象傳:  終日乾乾，反復道也。

Fengsui is manipulation of the natural forces to work in your favour.
1. Fire
2. Water
3. Air
4. Earth

the 4 great essentials.

chinese got 5?

which is the extra one?

Just talk about the bed, you sleep there, if the elements is against you, like you're a very "heaty" person and the spot you're sleeping is hot, then you will not get a good night sleep. One day is fine, but long term will kill your health. Your health goes down, then there goes your mind, you can't think properly, then how do you even work properly.
No Health, No Wealth.

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Added on August 22, 2010, 12:10 pmEveryone has electromagnetic waves around us, you do know how magnet works? if it is the same pole at the same strength will cancel out eat other's magnetism, a person's electromagnetic waves is being opposed by an external one, it cancels out or even disrupt the flow, then he will not be functioning 100% or even not functioning at all.
Long term exposure of it will have a serious effect on his health.
If you look like a dead dog, who will find you interesting, there goes your love life.

Fengshui can be very basic, but it is people who do not understand it mystify it. The chi is actually energies, when the energy is against your 5 elements, it will be called Sha. Lets screw heat, people say that living facing the junction is bad, because the wind is coming straight and fast to the house and it can be very bad for the body, and people call it Sha because it is energies damaging to the body.

For your information, there are 2 types of fengshui, common man fengshui and the emperor's fengshui. Common man's one is very basic

There are many types of wind, the ones that are around nature like the forest or sea should be fine.

Even if it is the Emperor's feng shui, it wont be changing mountains or control lighting or something epic like that, it aint magic. Many people will not see the effect with the naked eye, the effects can be very subtle. Even if someone is using it, no one will know. (but it usually can be detected by other fengshui masters)

Like you said, everyone has their own belief, mojos like fengshui is very subjective to people, so the British may not feel comfortable using it, but who knows, no one ever said that they ain't using it.

The 5 elements is metal, wood, water, fire and earth. How can these not be the elements that made the world.
EARTH is land for life to grow, METALl are the nutrient for the for the soil, WATER is for growing the life, WOOD represent the plants (also so mean the fertility), FIRE represent the sun or climate.
How can you say these are not the elements of the world. The 5 elements is the elements for making the world and it also can represent the person's life by using nature and paring them with the 12 zodiac animals.

You "scientific" people, everything is about seeing is believing. There are many things in life is unable to be explained by your precious "SCIENCE" and it is still happening. They are a bunch of arrogant people, what they do not understand, they just brush it to one side and call it "SUPERNATURAL" or unknown. The fact that something like cancer is unable to be cure because they are too arrogant to admit it and depriving the people of what is suppose tyo be theirs. Something like Chemotherapy, it is not proven that it is a cure, it actually killed the cancer patient rather than the cancer, and yet people still do it. Sometimes, is it not proven, or it is still unable to be proven yet.
There are million of things that are not existing in the scientific work, but it is still happening, many things that is been able to be done in the past, but unable to be done at today's superior tachnological age, so how do you say about it.

different kind of building, different assessment in terms of feng shui ...

eg.

house in front of hospital ... very bad
coffin shop in fron of hospital ... good business

something like that lah ...

I-Ching is like the fundamental physics.. and feng shui is the application to it

do you know what the elements signify? they are representation and metaphor for things around us.. eg. fire for thermodynamics, water for fluid dynamics, gold for metal elements etc

I am a physic minded person as well and I do respect i ching.. but i only disrespect WOFS