Slot Machine Location
Friday, 5. July 2024
Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still passionate – over sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slot games were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that people walking by would see jackpot winners … be challenged to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our finding is that this is no longer true.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots near to any doorways.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, we find that this also is not 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 slot games 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
Posted in Slots by Samantha