Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the bickering and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after slot games were first placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the superior slot machines were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would see actual jackpot winners … be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Practically all of the large casinos these days are jumbo complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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