Slot Machine Location
Books have been stated on this subject, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still passionate – over 60 years after slots were 1st placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that people passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our finding is that this is no longer true.
Many of the major casinos today are super-colossal complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 one armed bandits 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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