Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and interchanges about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still raging – more than sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be inspired to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our resolution is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. However, 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 slot machine 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.