Slots

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are placed in a casino are still taking place – sixty years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that potential players passing by would see jackpot winners and be impressed enough to come inside … play. Our viewpoint is that this is no longer the case.

The great majority of the large casinos presently are immense complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any of the doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.