Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still bubbling – more than sixty yrs after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the better slot machine games were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks passing by would see jackpot winners and be drawn to come inside … play. Our determination is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Most of the mega casinos these days are herculean complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances.
An additional traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.