Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still there – more than 60 yrs after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the superior slots were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that persons walking by would see jackpot winners and be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our observation is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the large casinos these days are massive complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 slot games 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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