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Volumes have been said on this issue, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still bubbling – more than 60 years after the slot machines were first installed in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the better slot machines were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be drawn to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our assessment is that this is definitely no longer so.

Nearly all of the big name casinos nowadays are grand complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doorways.

Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 the slot machines 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!

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