Books have been said on this item, and the conflict and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the superior slot machines were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see actual jackpot winners and be stirred to come inside … play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer so.
Nearly all of the major casinos today are herculean complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any exits.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 games.
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