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Books have been set forth on this topic, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – over 60 yrs after one armed bandits were first installed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be infatuated enough to come inside … play. Our leaning is that this is no longer the case.

Almost all of the large casinos these days are massive complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances or exits.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.