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Volumes have been written on this item, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" slots are located in the casino are still taking place – more than sixty years after the slots were first placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the most favorable slot games were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that everyone going by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be challenged to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our slant is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the large casinos today are colossal complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doorways.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. However, 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!

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