Slot Machine Location
Posted in Slots on 06/01/2025 09:25 pm by Kaylee
Books have been written on this issue, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still intense – over 60 years after slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slots were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see jackpot winners … be keen enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our belief is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the major casinos nowadays are giant complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any entrances.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly 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 slot machine 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.