Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the contention and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are positioned in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty yrs after one armed bandits were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the superior slot games were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be influenced to come into the casino and play. Our leaning is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the major casinos nowadays are magnificent complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly 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 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 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 one armed bandits.
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