Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been said on this subject, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slot games are placed in a casino are still taking place – over sixty years after slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slots were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see real jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Practically all of the big name casinos presently are giant complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near to any of the doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.