Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – more than sixty years after the slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slot games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come inside and play. Our opinion is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the big name casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close to any doorways.
An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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