Books have been set forth on this subject, and the controversy and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still passionate – more than sixty yrs after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slots were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our speculation is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots close-by any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably 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 slots 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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