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Books have been said on this matter, and the bickering and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in the casino are still happening - sixty years after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the very best one armed bandits were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be stimulated to come into the casino and play. Our interpretation is that this is no longer the case.

The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and it's no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to place the 'loose' slot games near any of the doors.

Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Nonetheless, 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 the slot machines 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.