23
May
Written by Blake.
Posted in: Slots
Books have been written on this matter, and the bickering and discord about where the "hot" slots are positioned in a casino are still raging – 60 yrs after slot games were first installed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slot games were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be attracted to come inside … play. Our disposition is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the big name casinos today are humongous complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any doorways.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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