Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still happening – more than sixty years after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slots were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our determination is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the major casinos these days are huge complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly though, 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 one armed bandits 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.