Books have been said on this issue, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after one armed bandits were first placed in the casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machines were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be stimulated to come inside and play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the major casinos today are magnificent complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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