Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still bubbling – more than sixty yrs after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot machines were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be captivated to come into the casino and play. Our presumption is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Most of the mega casinos today are immense complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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 machine 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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