Books have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and arguments about where the "hot" slots are positioned in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after slot games were 1st installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slots were put just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that everyone passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be smitten to come inside and play. Our thought is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the major casinos presently are monstrous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly though, 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
