Books have been said on this topic, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still taking place – 60 years after one armed bandits were first placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slots were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that persons walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come inside … play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the big name casinos presently are gigantic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close to any doorways.
An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. 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 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 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 slot machines.
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