Books have been said on this item, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in a casino are still raging – more than sixty yrs after the slots were 1st placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the large casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any exits.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 the 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.