04.27
Slot Machine Location
Books have been said on this item, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still taking place – more than 60 yrs after slots were first installed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the superior one armed bandits were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the large casinos these days are huge complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots close-by any entrances or exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.