Nov 042015
Books have been stated on this matter, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still taking place – sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would see real jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come into the casino and play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the major casinos presently are grand complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any exits.
Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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