Books have been set forth on this matter, and the conflict and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still bubbling – over 60 years after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the better one armed bandits were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our conclusion is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the mega casinos these days are titanic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doorways.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks 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 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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