Slot Machine positioning

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Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and ruckus about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after the slots were first placed in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were placed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be stimulated to come inside and play. Our resolution is that this is no longer true.

Almost all of the major casinos these days are titanic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near to any doors.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.