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October
Written by Julissa.
Posted in: Slots
Books have been stated on this topic, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still rampant – more than 60 yrs after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see jackpot winners … be influenced to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our assurance is that this is definitely no longer so.
Most of the large casinos these days are behemothic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close-by any exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly though, 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 slots 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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