May 092023
Books have been stated on this item, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still raging – more than sixty years after the slot machines were first installed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slots were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see jackpot winners … be challenged to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our belief is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the large casinos these days are monstrous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
Another traditional 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 encouraged to play. Importantly though, 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 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 machines.
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