Volumes have been written on this item, and the conflict and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still there – over 60 yrs after slot games were first installed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be inspired to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theory is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the large casinos today are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doors.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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