Slots

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Books have been set forth on this topic, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still ongoing – more than 60 yrs after slot games were first installed in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the very best slot machines were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer so.

The great majority of the mega casinos these days are jumbo complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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.