Books have been set forth on this subject, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still on-going – sixty yrs after the slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slot machines were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our conviction is that this is definitely no longer true.
Practically all of the major casinos presently are herculean complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots near any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly however, we find that this also isn’t 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 machine 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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