Volumes have been said on this item, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – over 60 yrs after one armed bandits were 1st placed in casinos.
The traditional rule is that the better one armed bandits were placed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people walking by would see jackpot winners and be challenged to come into the casino … play. Our standpoint is that this is definitely no longer so.
Practically all of the big name casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.
