21
June
Written by Kailey.
Posted in: Slots
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the bickering and disagreement about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still happening – sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the better slot machines were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that people walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be challenged to come into the casino and play. Our sentiment is that this is no longer the case.
Most of the major casinos today are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 slots 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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