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Books have been stated on this topic, and the bickering and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still intense – sixty years after the slot machines were first placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the better one armed bandits were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see jackpot winners … be drawn to come into the casino … play. Our determination is that this is no longer true.

Almost all of the big name casinos today are colossal complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close to any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Interestingly though, 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.