Volumes have been written on this item, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still raging – more than 60 years after slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the very best slots were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be keen enough to come into the casino … play. Our assessment is that this is not so anymore.
The majority of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably 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 slots 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.