Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the conflict and feuds about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still bubbling – over 60 years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machine games were positioned just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players going by would see actual jackpot winners and be challenged to come inside … play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the mega casinos these days are titanic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games near any doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably though, 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.