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Books have been said on this issue, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still on-going – sixty yrs after the slots were 1st installed in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slots were placed just inside the entry of the casino; so that individuals going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be keen enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.

The great majority of the large casinos today are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any doorways.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Nonetheless, 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 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.