Books have been set forth on this item, and the bickering and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still bubbling – more than 60 years after slot machines were first installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be possessed to come inside … play. Our stance is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the major casinos these days are humongous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any exits.
Another classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, 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 slots 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.
