Slot Machine positioning


Books have been stated on this item, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still raging – sixty yrs after slots were 1st placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come inside … play. Our philosophy is that this is definitely no longer so.

The great majority of the big name casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near any of the doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.

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