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Volumes have been written on this issue, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" slot games are placed in the casino are still passionate – over 60 years after slot games were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be tempted to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Most of the big name casinos presently are monstrous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots near to any doorways.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably though, 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 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!

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