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January
Written by Blake.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in a casino are still raging – over sixty years after the slots were first installed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot machines were placed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the mega casinos today are colossal complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Notably however, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 one armed bandits 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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