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Books have been set forth on this subject, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are placed in a casino are still intense – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the best slots were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that persons passing by would see jackpot winners and be stirred to come into the casino and play. Our resolve is that this is no longer true.

The majority of the big name casinos today are monstrous complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances or exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly though, 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 one armed bandits 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.