Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still rampant – over 60 yrs after the slot machines were first installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot machine games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that everyone passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be attracted to come inside … play. Our conviction is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos today are giant complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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 slots 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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