Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this matter, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still taking place – more than 60 years after slot games were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be enthralled to come into the casino … play. Our disposition is that this is no longer true.
Practically all of the large casinos today are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably 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 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 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.
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