Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are positioned in a casino are still there – sixty yrs after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot machines were placed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that people passing by would see real jackpot winners … be tempted to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer true.
The great majority of the big name casinos nowadays are colossal complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near any doorways.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is not 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 the slot machines 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 slot machines.
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