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Books have been said on this item, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still raging – 60 years after the slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the better slot machines were put just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons walking by would see jackpot winners … be influenced to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our thought is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the major casinos these days are jumbo complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably though, 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 slots 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.
January 5th, 2018
Alden
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