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Books have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still passionate – more than sixty yrs after slots were first placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be drawn to come into the casino … play. Our finding is that this is no longer the case.
Nearly all of the big name casinos these days are immense complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots close to any doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly however, we find that this also is not 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 slot 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
