Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this subject, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still raging – over 60 years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better one armed bandits were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that folks passing by would see real jackpot winners and be challenged to come inside and play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer true.
Just about all of the major casinos these days are enormous complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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