Slot Machine positioning
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still passionate – 60 yrs after slots were first placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the very best slot machines were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that everyone going by would see actual jackpot winners and be influenced to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the mega casinos nowadays are humongous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly however, we find that this also isn’t 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 the 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 machines.