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Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the contention and ruckus about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still on-going – sixty years after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.
The classic rule is that the very best slots were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be stirred to come inside … play. Our resolve is that this is no longer true.
Just about all of the major casinos presently are titanic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doorways.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably however, 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 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 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 one armed bandits.
