Slot Machine positioning

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Posted by Emmett | Posted in Slots | Posted on 08-04-2018

Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still passionate – 60 years after slot games were first placed in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the better one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be enthralled to come into the casino … play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.

The majority of the mega casinos these days are herculean complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any doorways.

An additional standard 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 galvanized to play. Notably however, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.

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