Books have been set forth on this topic, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still rampant – sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come into the casino … play. Our conviction is that this is definitely no longer so.
Just about all of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near any doors.
Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.
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