Slot Machine positioning
Books have been stated on this topic, and the debates and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still bubbling – over 60 years after slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slot games were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be baited to come inside and play. Our reasoning is that this is not so anymore.
The majority of the large casinos today are grand complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably though, we find that this also is not 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.