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Books have been said on this subject, and the conflict and discussion about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The classic rule is that the very best slot games were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come into the casino … play. Our conviction is that this is definitely no longer so.

Just about all of the mega casinos these days are colossal complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.