15
March
Written by Blake.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the bickering and ruckus about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still passionate – more than sixty yrs after slot machine games were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be inspired to come inside and play. Our reckoning is that this is no longer true.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, we find that this also is not 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 very 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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