Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the debates and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still there – more than sixty yrs after slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be titillated to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our assessment is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the major casinos nowadays are magnificent complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances or exits.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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