Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 05/29/2019 09:25 am by Darnell
Books have been said on this issue, and the conflict and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after slot machine games were first placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see actual jackpot winners and be inspired to come inside … play. Our verdict is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the big name casinos presently are grand complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doorways.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, 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 the 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.