Volumes have been written on this subject, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – over 60 years after slots were first installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot games were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be inspired to come into the casino and play. Our assurance is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the big name casinos presently are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably 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 the slot machines 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
