Slot Machine positioning
Monday, 13. March 2017
Books have been set forth on this topic, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are installed in the casino are still rampant – over sixty yrs after the slots were 1st installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot machine games were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be titillated to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our conclusion is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the major casinos today are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any doorways.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably though, 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 the slot machines 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
Posted in Slots by Samantha