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Volumes have been said on this topic, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still rampant – over 60 years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the very best slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be captivated to come into the casino and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is no longer the case.

The majority of the mega casinos presently are huge complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any doorways.

An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 very 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.