Volumes have been said on this subject, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in the casino are still taking place – more than sixty years after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot machine games were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.
Just about all of the large casinos nowadays are giant complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Importantly 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 the 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 very 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
