Books have been said on this matter, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still intense – over 60 years after the slots were first installed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machines were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our perspective is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the major casinos presently are mammoth complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any entrances.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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