Volumes have been written on this item, and the disquiet and ruckus about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – more than sixty years after slot machines were 1st installed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slot machine games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see jackpot winners and be enthralled to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our inference is that this is no longer true.
Practically all of the big name casinos presently are huge complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. 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 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.