Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the conflict and discord about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still ongoing – more than sixty years after the slot machines were 1st installed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come into the casino … play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the large casinos today are huge complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any exits.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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