Books have been set forth on this item, and the debates and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still intense – more than 60 yrs after slot games were 1st placed in gambling houses.
The traditional rule is that the best slot machines were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be impressed enough to come inside and play. Our estimation is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the mega casinos these days are herculean complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any entrances.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably 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 slots 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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