09.04
Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this item, and the contention and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still intense – sixty years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the best slots were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would see real jackpot winners … be possessed to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the major casinos presently are grand complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably 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 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 slots.