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Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – more than sixty years after slot games were first installed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that people passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be tempted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our conviction is that this is no longer true.

Nearly all of the major casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, 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 slots 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 one armed bandits.