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April
Written by Julissa.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been written on this subject, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still raging – over sixty yrs after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the very best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that everyone passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be tempted to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the major casinos nowadays are titanic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near any entrances or exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. 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 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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