Volumes have been written on this topic, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still there – over 60 years after slot games were first placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machines were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that persons walking by would see jackpot winners and be stimulated to come into the casino … play. Our determination is that this is definitely no longer so.
Nearly all of the big name casinos today are oversized complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any doorways.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly though, 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 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 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 slots.
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