Slot Machine positioning
Books have been stated on this matter, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" slots are placed in the casino are still happening – over sixty years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be aroused to come inside and play. Our observation is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Almost all of the major casinos nowadays are humongous complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. 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 the 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 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 machines.
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