Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 12/30/2024 06:25 pm by Jaliyah
Books have been set forth on this subject, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still on-going – 60 yrs after slot games were 1st placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot games were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be enticed to come inside and play. Our reasoning is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos presently are colossal complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.