Slot Machine positioning
Posted in Slots on 02/20/2025 08:25 am by Kaylee
Books have been said on this subject, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still raging – over 60 yrs after slots were 1st installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be challenged to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolution is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the big name casinos today are super-colossal complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near any doorways.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.