Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 07/14/2018 10:32 am by Darnell
Books have been said on this subject, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still passionate – 60 yrs after slot machine games were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the very best slot machine games were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that persons walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come into the casino and play. Our persuasion is that this is not so anymore.
The majority of the major casinos nowadays are giant complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close to any of the doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside 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 no longer a universal rule.
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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.