Volumes have been written on this item, and the controversy and feuds about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still taking place – over sixty years after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The standard rule is that the superior one armed bandits were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be inspired to come into the casino … play. Our assessment is that this is definitely no longer so.
Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 slot machines 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
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