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Books have been said on this topic, and the controversy and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still ongoing – more than 60 years after slot machine games were first placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best one armed bandits were put just inside the door of the casino; so that people going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be inspired to come into the casino and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer true.

Just about all of the mega casinos these days are enormous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots near to any exits.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably 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 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.