Books have been said on this topic, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still rampant – more than 60 years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the better slot machine games were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that people walking by would see real jackpot winners and be tempted to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our theory is that this is not so anymore.
Most of the big name casinos presently are massive complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly though, 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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