Volumes have been said on this matter, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty yrs after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the very best slot machine games were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be stirred to come inside … play. Our conclusion is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the major casinos presently are herculean complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances or exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Interestingly 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 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 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 machines.
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