Books have been written on this matter, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in a casino are still ongoing – more than sixty yrs after the slots were first placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the superior slot machine games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be drawn to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our conclusion is that this is definitely no longer so.
Just about all of the big name casinos nowadays are colossal complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near to any entrances or exits.
An additional standard 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 energized to play. Notably however, 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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