Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are placed in the casino are still bubbling – 60 years after slot machine games were first placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the very best slot machine games were put just inside the main entry of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be inspired to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos presently are magnificent complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots close-by any entrances.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 machines.
