Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been said on this topic, and the conflict and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still passionate – more than 60 years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the superior one armed bandits were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be stirred to come into the casino and play. Our slant is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the large casinos today are herculean complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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