Volumes have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still raging – over sixty yrs after slots were 1st installed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slots were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be possessed to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our presumption is that this is no longer the case.
Many of the large casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances or exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
February 4th, 2024
Alden
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