Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this item, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still on-going – sixty yrs after slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the best one armed bandits were placed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that people walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be drawn to come inside … play. Our interpretation is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the large casinos these days are monstrous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.