Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the debates and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still there – more than sixty yrs after the slots were first installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot games were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our conviction is that this is no longer true.
Just about all of the major casinos presently are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close-by any entrances or exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly though, 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 slot 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.