Volumes have been said on this topic, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still on-going – sixty years after the slot machines were first installed in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slots were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that individuals walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be titillated to come inside … play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the major casinos today are massive complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots near any doorways.
Yet another traditional 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 galvanized to play. 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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