Books have been written on this matter, and the conflict and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still passionate – over 60 years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the very best slot games were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that folks walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our disposition is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The great majority of the major casinos presently are humongous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably though, 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 slots 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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