Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 10/11/2022 05:25 am by Darnell
Books have been written on this matter, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still taking place – over sixty yrs after slot machines were first installed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot machine games were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be enticed to come into the casino … play. Our perspective is that this is not so anymore.
Many of the big name casinos today are colossal complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any entrances.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.