Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still happening – sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see real jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come into the casino and play. Our thought is that this is no longer the case.
The majority of the major casinos today are humongous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines near any entrances or exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Nonetheless, 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.