Books have been said on this subject, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still bubbling – more than 60 years after slot machine games were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slot machines were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see actual jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer true.
The majority of the major casinos these days are humongous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any of the doors.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. However, we find that this also isn’t 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
