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Books have been written on this item, and the controversy and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still happening – 60 years after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The standard rule is that the better slots were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be infatuated enough to come into the casino … play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Most of the large casinos these days are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any entrances or exits.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.