Slot Machine Location
Books have been stated on this topic, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still intense – sixty yrs after the slots were first placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be keen enough to come into the casino … play. Our view is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the major casinos these days are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances.
Another classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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