Volumes have been stated on this item, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still taking place – sixty yrs after slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better slots were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners and be convinced to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our sentiment is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the major casinos these days are behemothic complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots close to any of the doors.
Yet another traditional 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 motivated to play. Importantly 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 the slot machines 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 machine games.