For those of us who have played and keep playing slot machines in land-based casinos—or boat casinos—we have all encountered slot machines we love and slot machines we wished had never been made. I am referring to the hot and cold machines.
When a slots player is talking about a cold slot machine he is talking about a machine that just does not pay out no matter how much money you put in. You might get a few small payouts, but for the most part you are only losing money.
Then there are the slot machines we all love—the hot ones. A hot slot machine is one that pays out pretty often and in fairly good amounts. These are the slot machines that you can make money on. You will still lose some money but you are likely to walk away with some extra money in your pocket.
When we slots players find a hot slot machine we are loathe to give it up. We will play it for long periods of time, only leaving when we have to. And when we return to the casino we head straight for that same slot machine, hoping that no one else has planted themselves in front of it. And if someone is already there, we hope that they do not play through all the ‘hotness’ of the machine.
But then the day comes that we walk in and head straight for our favorite slot machine only to discover it is gone. We will not believe our eyes. We will think it is a mistake. And we will look around to make sure we are in the right area.
But we are in the right area. The machine is gone.
Naturally our first thought is that the casino has figured out how much the slot machine is paying out. We will think that they have gotten rid of it. I mean, these slot machines have computers and those computers report to the casino. So the casino knows that machine is paying out and has taken it away because they really hate having to pay out money.
As much as this makes sense in your head, this is not the case. The casino has not removed the slot machine because it pays out too much. They have not taken it ‘out back’ to tinker with it to make it pay out less. What they have done is moved the machine to a different location.
Retail stores do it all the time. In the attempt to keep the casino looking fresh and to encourage movement around the casino, machines can and will be moved around.
So the next time that hot slot machine has disappeared on you, take a walk around the floor and see if it has been moved to another location.
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