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Books have been set forth on this item, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in a casino are still intense – more than sixty yrs after slots were first placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slots were located just inside the door of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see jackpot winners and be stirred to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our opinion is that this is no longer true.

Just about all of the mega casinos presently are herculean complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any of the doors.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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!

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