May 182017
Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the contention and discord about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in a casino are still bubbling – sixty years after slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.
The standard rule is that the very best one armed bandits were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be challenged to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our assessment is that this is no longer the case.
Just about all of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any of the doors.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly though, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
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