Volumes have been written on this subject, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still intense – over 60 years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were put just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be impressed enough to come into the casino … play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the big name casinos today are monstrous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, we find that this also is not 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 slot 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 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 slot machine games.
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