Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still taking place – over 60 yrs after one armed bandits were 1st installed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slot games were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be enthralled to come inside … play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.
The great majority of the big name casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any of the doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Notably however, we find that this also isn’t 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 slots.
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