Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still taking place – sixty yrs after the slots were first installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be impressed enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our perspective is that this is no longer true.
Most of the large casinos nowadays are herculean complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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