Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 04/23/2016 12:21 am by Cristal
Books have been stated on this topic, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after the slot machines were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the superior one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be stimulated to come into the casino … play. Our standpoint is that this is no longer the case.
Most of the big name casinos today are herculean complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 slots 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 slots.