Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still on-going – over 60 yrs after the slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the best slot machines were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come into the casino and play. Our speculation is that this is definitely no longer true.
Just about all of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any entrances.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. 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 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 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 machines.
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