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Books have been said on this matter, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still ongoing - over 60 yrs after slot machine games were 1st installed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the superior slot games were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor ... play. Our feeling is that this is definitely no longer so.

Nearly all of the large casinos today are behemothic complexes and 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 close to any doorways.

Another standard rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably however, 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 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 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!

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