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Books have been written on this issue, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still there – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first placed in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our resolution is that this is no longer the case.

Many of the big name casinos presently are herculean complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines near any entrances.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly however, 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 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!

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