Books have been set forth on this issue, and the conflict and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still raging – sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the superior slot machine games were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that individuals walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our standpoint is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the large casinos today are magnificent complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doorways.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
