Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this issue, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still on-going – 60 years after slot machines were first installed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot games were put just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be convinced to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our inclination is that this is definitely no longer true.
The great majority of the mega casinos today are mammoth complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 slot games 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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