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Books have been set forth on this subject, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still bubbling – sixty years after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the better slot machines were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks passing by would see jackpot winners and be attracted to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our interpretation is that this is definitely no longer so.

The great majority of the large casinos presently are giant complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any of the doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.