Slot Machine Location
Books have been said on this issue, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 yrs after slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the superior slot games were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be stimulated to come inside and play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are giant complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any entrances.
Another standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 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 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 slot games.
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