Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the conflict and disagreement about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still rampant – 60 years after the slot machines were first placed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machine games were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be titillated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our viewpoint is that this is no longer true.
Many of the large casinos today are jumbo complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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