Slot Machine Location
Friday, 8. March 2024
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the conflict and squabbling about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still raging – over 60 yrs after slots were first installed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be drawn to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our frame of mind is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the large casinos presently are herculean complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any doorways.
An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably however, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
Posted in Slots by Samantha