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Books have been said on this matter, and the debates and face-offs about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still rampant - more than 60 years after slot machine games were 1st placed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slots were installed just inside the door of the casino; so that persons passing by would see jackpot winners ... be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our theory is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Most of the large casinos presently are humongous complexes ... you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the 'loose' slot games close-by any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. However, 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 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!

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