Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 09/14/2019 03:25 am by Darnell
Books have been said on this topic, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still happening – more than sixty years after slot games were 1st installed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our disposition is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the major casinos these days are jumbo complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.