Slot Machine positioning

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Books have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still raging – over sixty yrs after the slots were first placed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the very best slots were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolution is that this is no longer true.

Almost all of the major casinos these days are giant complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near any doorways.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. 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 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!

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