Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and interchanges about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still ongoing – more than sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slots were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see jackpot winners and be stirred to come inside … play. Our inference is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the mega casinos these days are humongous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close to any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 slot machines 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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