Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still ongoing – over sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the superior one armed bandits were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players passing by would see real jackpot winners and be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our observation is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the big name casinos presently are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any doors.
Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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