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Slot Machine Location

by Tucker on May.05, 2021, under Slots

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Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still taking place – more than 60 years after one armed bandits were 1st installed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons walking by would see jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino and play. Our disposition is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the big name casinos presently are jumbo complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close to any entrances.

Another classic rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 the slot machines 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.


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