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Books have been set forth on this issue, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still bubbling – 60 years after the slot machines were first installed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the best one armed bandits were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that persons going by would see jackpot winners and be drawn to come into the casino … play. Our interpretation is that this is definitely no longer true.

Almost all of the mega casinos presently are colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.