Slot Machine Location
Books have been written on this subject, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still rampant – over 60 years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks walking by would see real jackpot winners … be captivated to come into the casino … play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the large casinos presently are gigantic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, 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 one armed bandits 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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