Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 07/25/2025 11:25 pm by Cristal
Volumes have been said on this issue, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the superior one armed bandits were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come inside and play. Our stance is that this is no longer the case.
Just about all of the major casinos presently are humongous complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably though, 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 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 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 slot games.