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Books have been said on this item, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still there – sixty yrs after slot machine games were first placed in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners … be enthralled to come into the casino … play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer so.

Nearly all of the major casinos nowadays are huge complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, 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 the slot machines 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 one armed bandits.