Volumes have been written on this item, and the debates and feuds about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still ongoing – over 60 years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the very best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer true.
Many of the large casinos presently are enormous complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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