Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been said on this issue, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after the slots were first placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slots were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come inside and play. Our speculation is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the mega casinos today are giant complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. 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 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.