Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 03/21/2025 09:25 am by Kaylee
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still raging – over sixty years after slot machine games were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be baited to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our estimation is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the large casinos presently are titanic complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Importantly 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 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 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 games.