Books have been said on this issue, and the contention and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still passionate – 60 yrs after the slot machines were first installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slot games were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be captivated to come into the casino … play. Our opinion is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the large casinos presently are oversized complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots near to any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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