Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still happening – over sixty yrs after the slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slots were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see real jackpot winners and be enticed to come into the casino … play. Our conviction is that this is no longer the case.
The majority of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any exits.
Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly 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 one armed bandits 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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