Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the disquiet and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still passionate – 60 yrs after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot games were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our speculation is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the mega casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near any entrances or exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. However, we find that this also is not 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.