Slot Machine positioning

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Books have been written on this topic, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still raging – over 60 yrs after slot machines were first installed in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the very best slots were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be challenged to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer true.

Many of the major casinos today are immense complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances.

Another classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly however, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.