Volumes have been said on this item, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still raging – over sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in casinos.
The standard rule is that the best slot machines were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that folks passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come inside … play. Our observation is that this is no longer true.
Nearly all of the mega casinos today are colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots close-by any doorways.
Yet another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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!
In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.
