Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players going by would see actual jackpot winners and be enticed to come inside and play. Our reasoning is that this is definitely no longer so.
Just about all of the major casinos presently are immense complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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