Volumes have been written on this matter, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are placed in a casino are still ongoing – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our point of view is that this is not so anymore.
Almost all of the mega casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances or exits.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 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 slot machines.
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