Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still on-going – over sixty years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the better slot machine games were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino … play. Our assessment is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the big name casinos today are behemothic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances.
Another classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 slot 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.