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Volumes have been said on this item, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still bubbling – 60 years after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot games were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our conclusion is that this is definitely no longer so.

The great majority of the big name casinos nowadays are jumbo complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably though, we find that this also is not 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 the 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!

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