Books have been stated on this topic, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still on-going – over 60 years after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slots were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be tempted to come inside … play. Our theorem is that this is no longer the case.
Nearly all of the mega casinos today are titanic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near any entrances or exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably though, we find that this also is not 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 slots 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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