Slot Machine positioning
Books have been said on this item, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still rampant – more than sixty years after the slots were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were placed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see jackpot winners … be captivated to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theory is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the big name casinos presently are behemothic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly though, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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