Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the bickering and arguments about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still raging – over 60 years after slot games were 1st placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be enthralled to come inside … play. Our stance is that this is no longer the case.
Nearly all of the major casinos these days are titanic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Nonetheless, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 one armed bandits 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.