Slot Machine Location
Books have been written on this issue, and the conflict and squabbling about where the "hot" slot games are placed in a casino are still raging – more than 60 years after slot games were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the very best one armed bandits were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see jackpot winners and be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots near to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly however, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.