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Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the conflict and interchanges about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still taking place – over 60 years after one armed bandits were first placed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the superior slot machines were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be possessed to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer so.

Most of the large casinos today are colossal complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any entrances or exits.

An additional classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly though, 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 slot machine 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.