Oct 122025
Volumes have been said on this matter, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in a casino are still bubbling – 60 yrs after one armed bandits were first installed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slot games were placed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that individuals going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our opinion is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the mega casinos presently are monstrous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots close to any entrances.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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