Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 03/20/2020 11:25 am by Darnell
Volumes have been said on this issue, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still taking place – more than sixty yrs after slot machines were 1st installed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the better slot machine games were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players going by would see real jackpot winners … be tempted to come into the casino … play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.
The majority of the mega casinos these days are magnificent complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near any of the doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably however, 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 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 machines.