Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the disquiet and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still intense – over 60 yrs after the slot machines were first installed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the better slot machine games were put just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our assurance is that this is no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos today are super-colossal complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doorways.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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