Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this issue, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still taking place – over 60 yrs after slots were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot machines were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that persons walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our sentiment is that this is not so anymore.
Most of the large casinos presently are gigantic complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any of the doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably 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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