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Books have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still passionate - over 60 years after the slots were 1st placed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best slot machines were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come unto the gaming floor ... play. Our reckoning is that this is no longer the case.

The majority of the major casinos these days are magnificent complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the 'loose' slot games near any exits.

An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 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!

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