Books have been set forth on this item, and the debates and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still passionate – 60 years after the slot machines were first installed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see jackpot winners and be mesmerized enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our finding is that this is no longer the case.
Nearly all of the big name casinos these days are titanic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots near to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. However, 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 the slot machines 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
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