2018
02.24

Slot Machine positioning

[ English ]

Books have been set forth on this issue, and the disquiet and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still raging – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slots were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that individuals passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be possessed to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our verdict is that this is definitely no longer so.

The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any exits.

An additional standard rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.

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