Volumes have been written on this matter, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slots were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the large casinos today are immense complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
