Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still on-going – over 60 yrs after one armed bandits were 1st installed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the better slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be challenged to come inside … play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer true.
Most of the major casinos presently are huge complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near any doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 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 one armed bandits.
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