Books have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still happening – 60 years after slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The standard rule is that the best slot machines were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our verdict is that this is no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos presently are monstrous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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