Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still raging – over sixty yrs after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slot machines were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players going by would see jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our attitude is that this is no longer true.
Practically all of the major casinos these days are humongous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any doorways.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably however, 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 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 slot machine games.
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