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Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the bickering and squabbling about where the "hot" video slots are placed in a casino are still there – sixty years after slot games were first installed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best one armed bandits were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that people walking by would see jackpot winners and be challenged to come inside … play. Our opinion is that this is not so anymore.

Practically all of the major casinos these days are immense complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near to any exits.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably 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 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!

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