Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the controversy and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after the slot machines were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the very best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential players walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come inside … play. Our sentiment is that this is no longer the case.
Just about all of the large casinos these days are gigantic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly however, we find that this also isn’t 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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