Volumes have been said on this item, and the bickering and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still taking place – sixty yrs after the slots were first installed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the best slot machine games were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be drawn to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our viewpoint is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the big name casinos nowadays are humongous complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. However, we find that this also isn’t 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.