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Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still happening – 60 years after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The classic rule is that the superior slot machines were installed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our resolution is that this is no longer true.

Just about all of the big name casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near to any of the doors.

An additional standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably 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 machine 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.