Slots Learning Slots

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Volumes have been written on this topic, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still rampant - sixty years after slots were first placed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the superior slots were put just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see real jackpot winners and be impressed enough to come inside ... play. Our deduction is that this is no longer true.

Most of the large casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes ... now you can't see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the 'loose' slot machines in close proximity to any doorways.

An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired 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 slot machine games 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.