Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 10/26/2025 11:25 pm by Jaliyah
Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still intense – more than sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the better one armed bandits were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks going by would see actual jackpot winners and be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer so.
Practically all of the large casinos today are mammoth complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Nonetheless, 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 the slots 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.