Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this matter, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still on-going – more than 60 yrs after the slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that people going by would see real jackpot winners and be impressed enough to come inside … play. Our inclination is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the big name casinos nowadays are titanic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances or exits.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 the slot machines 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.