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Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been said on this issue, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty yrs after slots were 1st installed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be captivated to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our conviction is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the major casinos these days are behemothic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. However, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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