Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.
The classic rule is that the best slot machines were placed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see actual jackpot winners … be captivated to come into the casino and play. Our inclination is that this is no longer true.
Just about all of the mega casinos presently are huge complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any of the doors.
An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, we find that this also isn’t 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 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.
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