Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 01/09/2019 08:25 am by Jaliyah
Books have been set forth on this topic, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still raging – 60 yrs after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that individuals going by would see real jackpot winners … be drawn to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our inference is that this is no longer the case.
The majority of the major casinos nowadays are titanic complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Importantly however, 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.