Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the controversy and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see real jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the large casinos nowadays are super-colossal complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Notably though, 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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