Sep 122015
Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the controversy and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still raging – sixty yrs after slot games were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the superior slot machines were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our philosophy is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the large casinos presently are mammoth complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near to any doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. However, 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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