Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 12/15/2020 10:25 am by Darnell
Books have been written on this matter, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in a casino are still raging – 60 yrs after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot games were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be tempted to come into the casino and play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the mega casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Interestingly though, 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 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.