Volumes have been stated on this item, and the contention and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still raging – more than sixty years after slot machines were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Just about all of the mega casinos presently are mammoth complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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