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Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the contention and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still happening – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st installed in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot games were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be enthralled to come into the casino and play. Our disposition is that this is definitely no longer so.

Many of the mega casinos today are giant complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any of the doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably however, we find that this also isn’t 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.