Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been said on this matter, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in a casino are still taking place – more than 60 years after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slots were put just inside the main entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see real jackpot winners and be attracted to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our speculation is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the large casinos these days are magnificent complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any entrances or exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, 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 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.