17
March
Written by Blake.
Posted in: Slots
Books have been said on this matter, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slots were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be enticed to come into the casino and play. Our inclination is that this is definitely no longer true.
Most of the large casinos today are herculean complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any entrances.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Importantly however, we find that this also isn’t a universal rule any more.
What casinos found over the years is that people walking down the busy aisles were frequently on the way to somewhere else. If they played slot games at all, they would simply put in their loose change because they happened to be walking by. Win or lose, they would very often not stop to keep playing. And the last thing a casino wants is for someone to win a jackpot by playing only a few coins and then not stay to put it all back in!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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