Slot Machine Location
Books have been written on this topic, and the disquiet and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after slots were 1st installed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the superior slot machine games were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be titillated to come into the casino … play. Our opinion is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the major casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close to any of the doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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