Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still intense – sixty yrs after the slot machines were first placed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that people walking by would see real jackpot winners … be challenged to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos nowadays are humongous complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, 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 slot 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 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 machines.