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Books have been set forth on this topic, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" slots are placed in the casino are still ongoing – sixty yrs after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machines were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be stirred to come into the casino … play. Our slant is that this is definitely no longer true.

Practically all of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close-by any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably though, 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 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!

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