Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still there – 60 years after slot machines were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the superior slots were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be impressed enough to come inside … play. Our assurance is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the major casinos today are jumbo complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any of the doors.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, 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 one armed bandits 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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