Volumes have been written on this issue, and the contention and discord about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still happening – over 60 years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be titillated to come inside … play. Our leaning is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the mega casinos these days are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any doorways.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. However, 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 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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