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Books have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still raging – 60 years after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that people passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be tempted to come inside … play. Our deduction is that this is no longer true.

The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doorways.

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 roused to play. Notably 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 the 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.