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Books have been written on this matter, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still ongoing – over sixty yrs after the slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the superior slot games were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer true.

Nearly all of the mega casinos these days are grand complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doorways.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.