Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 10/03/2025 05:25 am by Cristal
Books have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still there – over 60 yrs after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot machine games were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be possessed to come inside … play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the mega casinos presently are huge complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close to any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 the 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.