Volumes have been written on this item, and the controversy and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in a casino are still rampant – more than sixty years after the slot machines were 1st installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be stirred to come into the casino and play. Our point of view is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the big name casinos today are titanic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances or exits.
Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 slots.
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