Volumes have been written on this item, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still raging – more than sixty years after slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot games were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see jackpot winners … be stimulated to come inside … play. Our inclination is that this is no longer true.
Just about all of the large casinos today are behemothic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots near any entrances.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 the slot machines 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.
