Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still happening – 60 years after the slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the best slot games were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come into the casino and play. Our perspective is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the big name casinos today are mammoth complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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