Books have been set forth on this issue, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still raging – over sixty years after slot games were 1st installed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the more favourable slots were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our inference is that this is not so anymore.
Many of the major casinos presently are titanic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near any of the doors.
Another classic rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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!
These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.
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