Slot Machine positioning
Books have been set forth on this subject, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still there – sixty years after slot games were first placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot machine games were placed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our viewpoint is that this is no longer the case.
Many of the large casinos presently are mammoth complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any of the doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.