Slot Machine positioning
by Beckett on Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Books have been said on this issue, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still taking place – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see actual jackpot winners and be possessed to come inside and play. Our stance is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the mega casinos these days are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly however, we find that this also is not 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 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 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 machine games.
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