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Books have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and discord about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in a casino are still passionate – more than sixty years after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the superior slot machine games were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our conclusion is that this is definitely no longer so.

Nearly all of the big name casinos these days are mammoth complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doorways.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly 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 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!

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