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Volumes have been written on this topic, and the bickering and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still raging – more than 60 yrs after the slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the better slots were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be smitten to come into the casino and play. Our estimation is that this is no longer true.

Just about all of the mega casinos presently are behemothic complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any of the doors.

An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably 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 one armed bandits 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!

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