Volumes have been stated on this item, and the controversy and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still raging – more than 60 years after slot machine games were first installed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would see real jackpot winners and be baited to come inside … play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the large casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots close to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.