Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still raging – over sixty yrs after one armed bandits were 1st installed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the best one armed bandits were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come into the casino … play. Our point of view is that this is no longer true.
Practically all of the major casinos nowadays are colossal complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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