Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the controversy and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still bubbling – sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theorem is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the major casinos today are grand complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any of the doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably 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 one armed bandits 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 slot games.