Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 03/15/2025 05:25 am by Darnell
Books have been written on this topic, and the contention and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still happening – more than 60 yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be challenged to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our standpoint is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The great majority of the large 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’ one armed bandits near to any of the doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly however, 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 one armed bandits 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.