01.18
Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still on-going – over 60 years after slot games were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the superior slot machine games were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come inside … play. Our standpoint is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Just about all of the large casinos these days are massive complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any of the doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 one armed bandits 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.