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Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still bubbling – sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the superior slots were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would see real jackpot winners and be stimulated to come into the casino … play. Our belief is that this is definitely no longer true.

The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any exits.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.

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 machine 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slots.