Slot Machine Location
Books have been said on this subject, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in a casino are still rampant – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were first installed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the best slot machines were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see real jackpot winners … be tempted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer so.
Just about all of the big name casinos presently are magnificent complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly though, 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 slot machine games 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.