Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this item, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still taking place – over sixty years after slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slots were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that persons walking by would see real jackpot winners and be keen enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our persuasion is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the big name casinos nowadays are immense complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near to any doorways.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly though, 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 the slot machines 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 machines.
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