Books have been written on this issue, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still intense – 60 yrs after slot machine games were first installed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the better slot machines were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that everyone going by would see actual jackpot winners and be baited to come into the casino … play. Our sentiment is that this is not so anymore.
Just about all of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any exits.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. 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 the slot machines 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 slot machine games.
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