Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the contention and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still rampant – more than sixty years after slot machine games were 1st placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that everyone passing by would see real jackpot winners … be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are giant complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.