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Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in the casino are still raging – more than 60 years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the best one armed bandits were put just inside the main entry of the casino; so that individuals going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be keen enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our feeling is that this is definitely no longer true.

Practically all of the large casinos these days are oversized complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any entrances.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.