Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still bubbling – sixty yrs after slot games were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that folks passing by would see real jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our view is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are grand complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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 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 very 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 slot machines.
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