Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 06/15/2019 05:25 am by Darnell
Books have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still ongoing – over 60 years after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the very best slot machines were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players going by would see jackpot winners and be attracted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our assurance is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The great majority of the large casinos these days are herculean complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any entrances.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably 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 slot machines 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.