Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this item, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still taking place – over sixty years after slots were first installed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the very best slots were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our position is that this is no longer true.
Most of the major casinos presently are titanic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks 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 very 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 one armed bandits.