Books have been stated on this issue, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still rampant – over sixty years after slots were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable slot machines were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come inside … play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the major casinos nowadays are oversized complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly though, 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 slot machine games 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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