Slot Machine positioning
Books have been written on this subject, and the controversy and discourse about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still rampant – over 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be captivated to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our presumption is that this is no longer the case.
Just about all of the large casinos today are oversized complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 slot machine 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 machines.