26
May
Written by Julissa.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after slot games were first placed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our reasoning is that this is definitely no longer so.
Nearly all of the major casinos presently are humongous complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any of the doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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 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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