Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 11/26/2025 10:25 pm by Cristal
Books have been set forth on this matter, and the disquiet and squabbling about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still passionate – over 60 years after one armed bandits were first installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot machines were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players going by would see jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino … play. Our theorem is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any of the doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also is not 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.