Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 06/24/2018 08:31 am by Darnell
Books have been said on this issue, and the conflict and disagreement about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still intense – more than 60 years after slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the better slot machines were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that persons going by would see jackpot winners … be influenced to come inside … play. Our resolution is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the large casinos these days are immense complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 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 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 machine games.