Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this issue, and the contention and face-offs about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still there – 60 yrs after slot machines were 1st installed in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come into the casino … play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer true.
The great majority of the big name casinos presently are colossal complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 slot games 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.