Books have been written on this matter, and the controversy and face-offs about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still passionate – 60 years after slot machine games were 1st installed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the best slot machine games were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be drawn to come inside … play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos nowadays are titanic complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any exits.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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