Slot Machine positioning
Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the conflict and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are placed in a casino are still taking place – over 60 yrs after the slots were 1st installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come inside … play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer so.
Most of the big name casinos today are super-colossal complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any doors.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably though, 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.