Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the debates and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in a casino are still on-going – more than 60 yrs after slot machines were first installed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the superior slot machines were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our position is that this is no longer the case.
Just about all of the major casinos presently are mammoth complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, 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 slots 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 slot games.
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