07.15
Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after the slots were 1st placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slot machine games were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino and play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer true.
The great majority of the large casinos presently are monstrous complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Importantly however, 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 slot games 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.