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Volumes have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still rampant – sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be baited to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our leaning is that this is no longer true.

The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances.

An additional classic 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 encouraged to play. However, 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 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.