Volumes have been said on this item, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still there – over sixty years after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot machine games were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that individuals walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be aroused to come into the casino and play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the major casinos these days are titanic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doors.
Yet another classic 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 energized to play. Importantly 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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