The second guy will go to the furthest one from the first guy. There is no charge at the slot machines to access funds, but. The first guy that goes in will go to the end of the line of urinals. Table players can exchange cash for chips directly at the table or at the Casino Cashiers Desk. “There’s something called the urinal theory,” says Anthony Lucas, a professor of casino management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. But if people aren’t playing a machine, it’s not taking in any money, and a casino will think about getting rid of it or moving it.Ĭasinos do have some theories on where to put their slots. And w hile each spin is random, the casinos’ total take is controlled by a computer chip.

He says state laws only allow casinos to keep a certain portion of every dollar fed into a slot machine. “You have to have something that people want to come in and buy.” “The casino is just like any other business,” says Greg Joslin, who worked at a casino in Mississippi for 17 years.

They want slot machines that are entertaining, so they attract lots of players. Because while it’s really hard to get casinos to talk about this, former casino workers and academics on the subject tell me the bottom line is this: Casinos are in the entertainment business. “A little more than I wanted to but not bad for a couple hours of entertainment,” he says.Īnd that’s part of the answer to Brandon’s question.

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