Volumes have been written on this item, and the debates and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still raging – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st installed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the very best slot machines were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that everyone going by would see real jackpot winners … be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our assessment is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the major casinos today are colossal complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.