Volumes have been written on this topic, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still ongoing – over sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our point of view is that this is not so anymore.
Nearly all of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.
An additional classic rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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 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 one armed bandits.
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