Books have been written on this item, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still happening – sixty years after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The quintessential rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that persons going by would see jackpot winners … be enticed to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our standpoint is that this is definitely no longer so.
Most of the major casinos today are grand complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any entrances or exits.
Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, 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 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 one armed bandits.
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