Slot Machine Location
Volumes have been written on this topic, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still rampant – sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slots were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see real jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer so.
Nearly all of the large casinos presently are oversized complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, 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 the slot machines 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 one armed bandits.
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