Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" slots are placed in the casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after slots were first installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the better slots were put just inside the door of the casino; so that persons passing by would see real jackpot winners and be enticed to come inside and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are humongous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
April 22nd, 2024
Alden
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