Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this topic, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still there – more than sixty years after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the superior slot machine games were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that people walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be tempted to come into the casino and play. Our observation is that this is no longer true.
Practically all of the big name casinos these days are enormous complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly though, 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 slot games 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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