Meaning of machine zone | Babel Free

Definitions

A trance-like state of immersion reached through intense interaction with gambling machines.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“Echoing Mollie’s wish to stay in the machine zone, they spoke of gamblers’ desire for “time-on-device,” or TOD.”

“How does technology hold us close, so close that we turn to it instead of turning within? It keeps us in a “machine zone.””

“As one addict explains, she is not playing to win but to ‘stay in that machine zone where nothing else matters.’”

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