Books have been written on this topic, and the controversy and disagreement about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after the slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.
The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that people walking by would see jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our inclination is that this is definitely no longer true.
The majority of the major casinos these days are giant complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doorways.
Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. However, 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 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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