25
March
Written by Kailey.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – over sixty years after slot games were first installed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slot games were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be challenged to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolve is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the mega casinos nowadays are enormous complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any entrances.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, 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 machine 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 slots.
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