Volumes have been said on this topic, and the controversy and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after the slot machines were first placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot machines were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that persons walking by would see jackpot winners and be stirred to come into the casino and play. Our thought is that this is not so anymore.
Just about all of the large casinos these days are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably though, 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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