Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this subject, and the controversy and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in a casino are still there – sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come inside … play. Our frame of mind is that this is no longer the case.
Practically all of the major casinos these days are super-colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances or exits.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.