05.17
Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been said on this matter, and the bickering and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still happening – 60 yrs after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the superior slot machines were located just inside the door of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be drawn to come inside … play. Our theory is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the large casinos these days are titanic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 slot machine 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.