Volumes have been said on this item, and the contention and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still raging – 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be tempted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the mega casinos presently are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near to any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.