Books have been said on this topic, and the conflict and discord about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still rampant – 60 years after slot machine games were first placed in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be aroused to come into the casino and play. Our inclination is that this is definitely no longer so.
Practically all of the big name casinos these days are colossal complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any entrances.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Interestingly though, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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