Volumes have been written on this matter, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still on-going – sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in the casinos.
The traditional rule is that the best slot games were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons going by would see real jackpot winners … be baited to come inside and play. Our frame of mind is that this is definitely no longer true.
Almost all of the major casinos presently are mammoth complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.
Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 slot machines.
November 19th, 2009
Alden
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