24
October
Written by Konner.
Posted in: Slots
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Books have been written on this topic, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still rampant – over 60 years after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slot games were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be influenced to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the large casinos nowadays are enormous complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly though, 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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