Books have been set forth on this issue, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still happening – over 60 yrs after slot games were first installed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come inside … play. Our frame of mind is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the mega casinos today are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly 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 slot games 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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