Volumes have been said on this topic, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot machine games were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our speculation is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the large casinos today are herculean complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
