Slot Machine positioning
Books have been said on this item, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – over sixty yrs after the slots were 1st placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the best slots were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino … play. Our observation is that this is no longer the case.
Many of the mega casinos these days are titanic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably however, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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