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Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – over sixty years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that potential players going by would see actual jackpot winners and be attracted to come into the casino … play. Our resolve is that this is not so anymore.

Nearly all of the major casinos presently are jumbo complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.

An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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 very 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 slot games.