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Books have been set forth on this item, and the disquiet and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still there – more than 60 yrs after slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that potential players going by would see real jackpot winners and be enticed to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer the case.
Many of the major casinos presently are huge complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances or exits.
Another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly though, 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
