Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the controversy and face-offs about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still intense – sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the superior slots were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be tempted to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our view is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Just about all of the mega casinos these days are humongous complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near to any doors.
Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.