17
October
Written by Konner.
Posted in: Slots
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Books have been set forth on this issue, and the contention and arguments about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still passionate – more than 60 years after slot games were first installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machines were located just inside the door of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino and play. Our inclination is that this is definitely no longer true.
Just about all of the major casinos nowadays are herculean complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games close to any entrances or exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably however, 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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