Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this subject, and the debates and feuds about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still on-going – over 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be impressed enough to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our interpretation is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the major casinos presently are mammoth complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. However, 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 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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