Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 11/19/2016 05:25 pm by Kaylee
Books have been set forth on this item, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still there – over 60 yrs after slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were positioned just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our philosophy is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the large casinos presently are humongous complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly however, 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 slots 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 slot machines.