Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the controversy and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after slot games were first installed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential players walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the large casinos these days are behemothic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
