Slot Machine Location

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Posted by Kadin | Posted in Slots | Posted on 11-09-2009

Books have been written on this matter, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the very best slot games were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino … play. Our position is that this is not so anymore.

The great majority of the big name casinos these days are behemothic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. However, we find that this also isn’t 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 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.

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