Volumes have been written on this issue, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still happening – over 60 years after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slots were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that individuals walking by would see jackpot winners and be convinced to come into the casino and play. Our interpretation is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the major casinos presently are oversized complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
