Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the controversy and discussion about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still rampant – more than 60 years after slot games were 1st placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slots were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our slant is that this is definitely no longer so.
Most of the big name casinos today are magnificent complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any exits.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly though, 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 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 one armed bandits.