Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this item, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – over 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot games were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks walking by would see real jackpot winners … be inspired to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our conviction is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the big name casinos presently are jumbo 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 in close proximity to any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also isn’t 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 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 slot games.
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