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Books have been written on this issue, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still taking place – more than sixty years after slot machines were first placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable slots were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be impressed enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our slant is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the big name casinos today are herculean complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. However, 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 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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