Volumes have been written on this issue, and the disquiet and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still bubbling – more than 60 yrs after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.
The classic rule is that the superior slot games were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that individuals walking by would see jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our thought is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are immense complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any doors.
Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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!
Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.
