Volumes have been said on this matter, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slot games are located in a casino are still taking place – more than sixty yrs after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the superior slot machines were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see real jackpot winners … be titillated to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our conviction is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the big name casinos these days are oversized 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 close-by any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly though, 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 slot machine 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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