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Books have been stated on this topic, and the bickering and discussion about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still passionate – sixty yrs after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best slot games were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer true.

Nearly all of the large casinos these days are monstrous complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near any entrances or exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.