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November
Written by Konner.
Posted in: Slots
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Volumes have been said on this topic, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still on-going – sixty years after the slots were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come inside … play. Our speculation is that this is definitely no longer so.
Most of the major casinos presently are monstrous complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any of the doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Nonetheless, 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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