Jan 082024
Books have been written on this matter, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still taking place – over 60 years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slots were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come inside … play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer so.
Nearly all of the large casinos these days are jumbo complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 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 slots.
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