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January
Written by Julissa.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still on-going – sixty years after slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the best one armed bandits were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that people passing by would see jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos presently are immense complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 the slot machines 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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