Slot Machine Location
by Natalie on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still intense – over sixty yrs after the slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be smitten to come into the casino … play. Our belief is that this is no longer true.
Most of the big name casinos these days are oversized complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably though, 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 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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