Volumes have been written on this issue, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machines were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be mesmerized enough to come into the casino and play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the mega casinos these days are monstrous complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots near any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.