Slot Machine positioning
Books have been set forth on this subject, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still taking place – more than sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the best slot games were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be keen enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our presumption is that this is no longer true.
Many of the major casinos presently are jumbo complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doorways.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably though, 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 slot machine 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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