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Slot Machine Location
Books have been written on this topic, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" slot games are placed in the casino are still happening – 60 years after the slots were first installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the best slot games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer the case.
The majority of the big name casinos presently are magnificent complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, 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 one armed bandits 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.