Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still intense – 60 yrs after slot games were first installed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better one armed bandits were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be captivated to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our verdict is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the large casinos presently are behemothic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near to any of the doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly though, 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 the slots 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 slots.
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