Volumes have been written on this matter, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – over sixty years after slot machines were 1st placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our finding is that this is no longer true.
Most of the big name casinos today are giant complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any doorways.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
