Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the contention and feuds about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still intense – over 60 years after slot games were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the better one armed bandits were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks going by would see real jackpot winners and be attracted to come inside and play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
