Slot Machine Location
Books have been written on this matter, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still raging – more than 60 yrs after slot machine games were first installed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slot games were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be baited to come into the casino … play. Our conviction is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the major casinos presently are giant complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also is not 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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