Books have been written on this item, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still rampant – more than 60 years after the slots were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the best slot machine games were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that persons going by would see real jackpot winners and be aroused to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer so.
The majority of the major casinos nowadays are herculean complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also isn’t 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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