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Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – 60 years after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that everyone passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be baited to come into the casino … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is no longer the case.
Most of the big name casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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