Volumes have been written on this matter, and the bickering and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still intense – over 60 yrs after the slot machines were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot machine games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our standpoint is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the big name casinos presently are gigantic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any of the doors.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Nonetheless, 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
