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November
Written by Julissa.
Posted in: Slots
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are placed in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that people walking by would see jackpot winners and be mesmerized enough to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our assurance is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the large casinos today are monstrous complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any of the doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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