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Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in the casino are still there - sixty yrs after the slot machines were first installed in casinos.

The classic rule is that the best one armed bandits were put just inside the door of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be enticed to come unto the gaming floor ... play. Our verdict is that this is definitely no longer true.

Many of the large casinos today are behemothic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the 'loose' one armed bandits close to any entrances.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably however, 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 one armed bandits 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!

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