Books have been set forth on this issue, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after slot games were first installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the best slots were put just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be inspired to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our feeling is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the major casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Nonetheless, 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 one armed bandits 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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