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Volumes have been said on this subject, and the debates and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still rampant – 60 yrs after the slot machines were first installed in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were put just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see real jackpot winners and be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our feeling is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Practically all of the mega casinos these days are oversized complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any of the doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, we find that this also is not 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.