Volumes have been said on this topic, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still passionate – 60 yrs after slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slot games were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come into the casino and play. Our theorem is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Almost all of the large casinos these days are gigantic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any entrances or exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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