Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the controversy and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are placed in a casino are still on-going – 60 yrs after slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that folks going by would see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come into the casino … play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.
Practically all of the major casinos these days are herculean complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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