You might wonder sometimes how a casino decides to lay out the slot room floor. Or maybe you’re a normal person and you don’t wonder. But I do, and I tend to think of it like a grocery store.
When a grocery store has a hot product it thinks it’s going to sell like hotcakes, it’s not going to hide it in some random corner next to the sardines and mustard-flavored popcorn. No, it’s going to be in the highest traffic area possible, and possibly in multiple locations, such as at the front of an aisle.
It’s the same with slot machines. Many of the newer-model machines are rentals for the casino. With some big new arrival with top-end graphics and all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a new machine, the casino is not going to hide it in some low-traffic section next to all the ancient dust-collectors.
No, it’s going to be the first thing you see when you enter the casino. Or perhaps right next to the popular Chinese food spot. Or the first thing you see when you get off the hotel room elevators.
That’s how slot room floors are built, as all of the slots are strategically positioned. Why does this matter to us?
Well, machines in primo locations should be checked for plays more frequently because they’ll get more action than some loner AP machine out in the middle of nowhere. That should be something you consider when you’re doing your loop around a casino.
If you’re going to the same casino with any frequency, you should be able to tell which parts of the slot room floor get a lot of foot traffic and which parts don’t. Of course, it’s always preferred when important advantage machines (Regal Riches, for instance) are stationed at busy areas.
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