Slot Machine Location
Books have been set forth on this issue, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still there – over 60 years after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be infatuated enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our conclusion is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any of the doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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