04
October
Written by Konner.
Posted in: Slots
Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still passionate – over sixty yrs after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the best one armed bandits were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks going by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come into the casino … play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the mega casinos today are grand complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly though, 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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