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While our ancestors used to contend and sweat exceedingly to bring home dinner, most of us nowadays are glued to the chair behind a desk achieving similar goal. Not much is happening during this routine and suddenly you find yourself in a pleasing slumber, drooling on your shirt with your head drooped on the side. The monotonous environment does not contribute to the elevation of your productivity level but creates an overpowering sedation. Your instincts are triggered and almost unconsciously your hand stretches to grab a cup of refreshing coffee. Is it really refreshing as we deem it to be? Perhaps we should analyze this question, here, at www.gamblingsmart.com to the end!
Are there alternatives?
Well, a university in the Netherlands decided to step up to the challenge and came up with an interesting study that produced even more interesting results. They decided to test the influence of actually playing computer-based games at work on overall job productivity. We, http://www.gamblingsmart.com will take a look at the experiment.
- Test Group: Workers from five different departments.
- Test Games: Solitaire and Minesweeper.
- The Experiment: The workers were divided into two groups-game players and non-game players.
- Conditions: Play time allowed for up to a maximum of one hour each day. Players were required to record feelings and playing habits.
- Results: Marked improvement on all counts!
The results were groundbreaking; who ever thought that playing games on your computer during work hours would actually improve work performance?
Most companies do not allow for playing games while working and little research has been done on the subject. The difficulty will be in implementing the results of the study without turning the work atmosphere into too much of a lax environment.
The research pointed that games requiring more strategy and thought were more productive than others. Games such as poker and blackjack that require skill in order to succeed are among the games suggested by the study. The professor in charge of the research project even recommended the creation of a 'blackjack league', which would encourage competition among the employees while keeping their minds sharp for the job.
Perhaps playing online card games has more advantages than any of us realized!
They decided to test the influence of playing computer games on the level of job productivity.
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Thursday, September 2 2010 
