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Volumes have been written on this issue, and the conflict and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are installed in the casino are still bubbling - over sixty yrs after one armed bandits were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the better slot games were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential players going by would see actual jackpot winners and be possessed to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer true.

Practically all of the large casinos presently are humongous complexes ... it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to have the 'loose' slots near any doors.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly however, 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 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!

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