Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the controversy and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still bubbling – over 60 years after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the superior one armed bandits were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people walking by would see real jackpot winners … be keen enough to come into the casino … play. Our reasoning is that this is not so anymore.
Many of the big name casinos these days are immense complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.