Books have been written on this subject, and the controversy and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are placed in a casino are still there – 60 yrs after slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the superior slot games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be tempted to come into the casino … play. Our determination is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the mega casinos presently are titanic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably 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 one armed bandits 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 very 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
