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Books have been stated on this item, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still passionate – over 60 years after slot machines were first placed in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machines were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see real jackpot winners … be titillated to come inside … play. Our frame of mind is that this is definitely no longer true.

The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any entrances or exits.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.