Volumes have been stated on this item, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still rampant – sixty years after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the very best slots were placed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be convinced to come inside and play. Our assurance is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the major casinos today are oversized complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly though, 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 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.