Books have been written on this item, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are placed in the casino are still there – more than sixty yrs after one armed bandits were first placed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the best slot games were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential players going by would see real jackpot winners and be challenged to come inside and play. Our feeling is that this is no longer the case.
The great majority of the big name casinos today are humongous complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any doors.
An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired 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 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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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