Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still raging – sixty years after the slot machines were first installed in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our belief is that this is no longer true.
Just about all of the major casinos these days are massive complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.