Volumes have been written on this topic, and the conflict and discord about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – over 60 years after slot machine games were first placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slots were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be stirred to come inside … play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are magnificent complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near to any doorways.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.