Books have been stated on this topic, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still intense – more than 60 years after slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks going by would see jackpot winners … be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our theorem is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near any of the doors.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably however, 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 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 one armed bandits.
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