Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 10/14/2015 01:21 am by Darnell
Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still happening – 60 yrs after slots were 1st placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the better slot machines were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come into the casino and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.