Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still intense – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot games were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be keen enough to come inside and play. Our resolution is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the major casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably however, 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 slot games 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.