Volumes have been written on this topic, and the bickering and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still raging – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot machines were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that everyone going by would see real jackpot winners and be attracted to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer true.
Nearly all of the big name casinos today are grand 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 in close proximity to any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 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 slots.
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