Books have been set forth on this topic, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still intense – 60 yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the superior slots were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be titillated to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.
Nearly all of the big name casinos today are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
0 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
You must be logged in to post a comment.