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Books have been said on this topic, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still on-going – 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the best slot machines were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be baited to come inside and play. Our assurance is that this is definitely no longer true.

Practically all of the major casinos today are jumbo complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines close-by any entrances.

Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably however, 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!

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