Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and discourse about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in the casino are still intense – more than sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the superior slot machine games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be captivated to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theorem is that this is no longer the case.
Nearly all of the big name casinos nowadays are oversized complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances or exits.
Another classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Notably though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.

