Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this issue, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still taking place – more than sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were put just inside the door of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be possessed to come into the casino … play. Our speculation is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the mega casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near any doorways.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly however, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 one armed bandits 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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