Volumes have been said on this item, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are located in a casino are still bubbling – sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best slots were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see jackpot winners … be challenged to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our slant is that this is no longer the case.
Most of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. However, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
