Volumes have been stated on this item, and the contention and feuds about where the "hot" slots are positioned in a casino are still rampant – over 60 yrs after slot games were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot machine games were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our theorem is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the mega casinos presently are magnificent complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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