Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 06/18/2019 09:25 pm by Darnell
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still raging – sixty yrs after one armed bandits were 1st installed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best one armed bandits were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer true.
The majority of the major casinos these days are magnificent complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, we find that this also isn’t 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 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.