Volumes have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still on-going – sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable slot games were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see jackpot winners and be aroused to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Most of the large casinos presently are giant complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any of the doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably though, 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 machine 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
