Slot Machine Location
Books have been said on this matter, and the controversy and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the very best slots were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come inside … play. Our philosophy is that this is no longer true.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly 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 one armed bandits 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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