Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still on-going – more than 60 yrs after slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the superior slot games were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners and be possessed to come into the casino and play. Our point of view is that this is definitely no longer so.
Many of the large casinos these days are herculean complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, 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 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 slots.
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