Volumes have been said on this subject, and the controversy and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still passionate – over 60 yrs after the slots were first placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were put just inside the door of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would see real jackpot winners and be enthralled to come inside and play. Our persuasion is that this is no longer true.
The majority of the mega casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances or exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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