Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are placed in the casino are still happening – sixty years after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the best slots were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come into the casino … play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the mega casinos today are oversized complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances or exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.