Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 07/18/2020 03:25 pm by Darnell
Books have been stated on this topic, and the conflict and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are located in a casino are still intense – sixty yrs after slots were first installed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slots were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be challenged to come into the casino … play. Our reckoning is that this is not so anymore.
The majority of the large casinos presently are super-colossal complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near any doorways.
An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Nonetheless, 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 slot 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 slots.