Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the controversy and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after slot machine games were first installed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the superior slots were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see real jackpot winners … be possessed to come inside … play. Our assurance is that this is no longer true.
Practically all of the major casinos nowadays are super-colossal complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots close-by any doorways.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.