Books have been said on this issue, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still bubbling – 60 years after slots were first placed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were put just inside the door of the casino; so that persons walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be keen enough to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our theorem is that this is definitely no longer so.
Most of the major casinos today are giant complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any exits.
Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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 machines.
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