Books have been stated on this subject, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still on-going – more than sixty years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the better slot machines were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be baited to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our philosophy is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Nearly all of the major casinos these days are colossal complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots close to any entrances.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.
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