Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this topic, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still happening – more than 60 yrs after slot machine games were first installed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slots were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that people going by would see jackpot winners … be baited to come into the casino … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the major casinos nowadays are herculean complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 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 slot games.