Slots

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Books have been said on this subject, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still taking place – sixty years after slot machine games were first placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the best slot machine games were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Practically all of the major casinos today are super-colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near any doors.

An additional traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly 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 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.