Volumes have been said on this item, and the disquiet and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still happening – more than 60 years after slot machines were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be attracted to come inside … play. Our philosophy is that this is no longer the case.
The majority of the major casinos these days are humongous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any exits.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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