Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the conflict and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still passionate – more than sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be possessed to come inside … play. Our estimation is that this is no longer the case.
Nearly all of the big name casinos presently are oversized complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any entrances.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.