Volumes have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still intense – over sixty yrs after slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would see jackpot winners and be mesmerized enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our viewpoint is that this is no longer true.
Many of the major casinos nowadays are herculean complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. However, 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 slot machine 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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