Slot Machine Location
Saturday, 22. April 2017
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the bickering and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machines are installed in the casino are still taking place – over 60 years after one armed bandits were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players walking by would see real jackpot winners and be infatuated enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our assurance is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the large casinos today are magnificent complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably 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 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 slots.
Posted in Slots by Samantha