Slot Machine positioning
by Natalie on Thursday, December 26th, 2019
Volumes have been written on this issue, and the debates and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still taking place – more than sixty years after slots were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot machines were put just inside the door of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our verdict is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The great majority of the mega casinos these days are enormous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any doorways.
Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably though, 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 one armed bandits 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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