Books have been set forth on this matter, and the conflict and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still intense – 60 yrs after the slots were 1st installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be infatuated enough to come into the casino … play. Our opinion is that this is not so anymore.
Nearly all of the large casinos today are colossal complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 slots.
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