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Books have been said on this issue, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still there - sixty years after slot machine games were 1st placed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the best one armed bandits were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be inspired to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our assessment is that this is definitely no longer true.

Almost all of the large casinos presently are super-colossal complexes and now you can't see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to put the 'loose' slot machine games in close proximity to any of the doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be inspired 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 one armed bandits 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 machine games.