Books have been written on this item, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still raging – sixty years after slot machines were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the better one armed bandits were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be drawn to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our slant is that this is definitely no longer so.
The great majority of the mega casinos today are gigantic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly though, 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 slot machine games 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 machines.
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