Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this item, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 yrs after the slots were 1st installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that people passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the large casinos nowadays are oversized complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances or exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also isn’t 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 the slots 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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