Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been said on this issue, and the disquiet and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still raging – over sixty years after the slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the better slot games were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see jackpot winners … be captivated to come into the casino and play. Our leaning is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the major casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably however, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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