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Volumes have been said on this matter, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still raging – over sixty years after slots were first placed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot machines were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that individuals walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our stance is that this is definitely no longer so.

Nearly all of the large casinos presently are grand complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any entrances.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 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!

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