Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the bickering and arguments about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still taking place – sixty years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the very best slot games were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that persons passing by would see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come into the casino … play. Our frame of mind is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the mega casinos these days are humongous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any doorways.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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