Slot Machine Location
Books have been stated on this matter, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still rampant – over sixty yrs after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the best slot games were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our finding is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the major casinos these days are grand complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Notably however, 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 the slot machines 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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