Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the contention and discord about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still raging – over 60 yrs after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot games were put just inside the door of the casino; so that persons going by would see jackpot winners … be influenced to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer so.
Nearly all of the major casinos nowadays are grand complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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