Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this subject, and the controversy and discussion about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still raging – more than sixty yrs after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the very best slots were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see real jackpot winners and be possessed to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our perspective is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the large casinos these days are enormous complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any of the doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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 slot machines 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.