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Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still happening – sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were put just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would see jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come inside … play. Our theorem is that this is not so anymore.

The great majority of the mega casinos presently are oversized complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, we find that this also isn’t 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 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!

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