Slots

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Volumes have been said on this topic, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still taking place – over 60 yrs after slot machine games were 1st placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer the case.

The great majority of the major casinos today are colossal complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any exits.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, 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 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 slots.