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April
Written by Kailey.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been said on this issue, and the debates and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still passionate – over 60 years after the slot machines were first installed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our presumption is that this is not so anymore.
Just about all of the major casinos today are oversized complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots close to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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