Slot Machine Location
Saturday, 25. January 2025
Books have been said on this subject, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still happening – over sixty yrs after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the best slot machine games were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be keen enough to come into the casino and play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Almost all of the mega casinos today are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. 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 slot machine 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
Posted in Slots by Samantha