Books have been set forth on this matter, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still happening – 60 years after slots were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slots were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see actual jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the big name casinos these days are gigantic complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any doorways.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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