Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been stated on this item, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after the slots were first placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the superior slot machines were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be tempted to come inside and play. Our determination is that this is no longer the case.
Most of the large casinos these days are super-colossal complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.