Playing free slot machine games feels like scrolling through social media — endless, hypnotic, and oddly satisfying, but you’re never quite sure what you’ve gained by the end. Three months ago, I downloaded a popular app out of curiosity, thinking it’d be a harmless way to kill time. What I didn’t expect was how quickly those quick spins would turn into hour-long sessions, or how my brain would start craving the fake wins. The experiment began as casual fun but turned into a mirror showing how easily time slips [...]