Books have been written on this subject, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still intense – 60 years after slot machine games were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the very best slot machine games were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons walking by would see real jackpot winners … be influenced to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our theorem is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Practically all of the mega casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots near any entrances or exits.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly however, 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 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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