Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 03/01/2017 11:25 pm by Jaliyah
Books have been stated on this topic, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still there – sixty yrs after the slots were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be stirred to come inside … play. Our conclusion is that this is no longer the case.
Practically all of the major casinos presently are behemothic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any of the doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.