Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still raging – more than 60 years after the slots were first installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the very best one armed bandits were put just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be drawn to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our finding is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the large casinos these days are super-colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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