Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the controversy and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still raging – sixty years after slot machine games were first placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slots were located just inside the door of the casino; so that individuals going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be influenced to come inside and play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the large casinos today are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near to any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 one armed bandits 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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