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Books have been said on this issue, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still bubbling - over 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come inside and play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer true.

Practically all of the major casinos nowadays are herculean complexes ... it's no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to put the 'loose' one armed bandits near to any entrances.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.