• Slot Machine positioning

    Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – more than 60 yrs after slot games were 1st placed in gambling houses.

    The classic rule is that the superior slot games were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be stirred to come inside … play. Our conviction is that this is no longer true.

    The great majority of the large casinos today are huge complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances.

    Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly 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 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!

    Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.

     October 22nd, 2025  Alden   No comments

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