Volumes have been said on this topic, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are placed in a casino are still there – more than 60 years after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the major casinos presently are immense complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly though, 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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