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February
Written by Kailey.
Posted in: Slots
Books have been set forth on this subject, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still intense – more than sixty years after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best one armed bandits were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that people passing by would see jackpot winners and be challenged to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our conclusion is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the major casinos today are enormous complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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