Slot Machine Location
Monday, 6. March 2023
Books have been said on this topic, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still passionate – more than 60 yrs after one armed bandits were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slots were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be drawn to come into the casino and play. Our leaning is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the large casinos presently are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 machine games.
Posted in Slots by Samantha