Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this issue, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still passionate – more than sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the very best slot machine games were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that people going by would see jackpot winners … be enticed to come into the casino and play. Our belief is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the big name casinos these days are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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