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Books have been said on this issue, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in a casino are still there – over 60 yrs after slot machine games were 1st installed in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the better one armed bandits were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see real jackpot winners and be inspired to come inside … play. Our reasoning is that this is no longer the case.

The great majority of the major casinos presently are magnificent complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any doorways.

Another standard 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 encouraged to play. However, we find that this also is not 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 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.