Books have been said on this issue, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still there – more than 60 years after the slots were 1st placed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the superior one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our belief is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the mega casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances.
Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 the slot machines 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.
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