Books have been written on this topic, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still raging – sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st installed in gambling dens.
The traditional rule is that the very best one armed bandits were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come inside and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the mega casinos today are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near any doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slots are put 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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