Slot Machine Location
by Leia on May.31, 2020, under Slots
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" slot machines are installed in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after the slots were 1st installed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our sentiment is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly though, 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 slot machines 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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