Books have been said on this subject, and the bickering and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still raging – more than 60 years after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slot games were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our philosophy is that this is no longer the case.
Just about all of the big name casinos today are massive complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any exits.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, 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 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 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.