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Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in a casino are still bubbling – over 60 yrs after slot games were first installed in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machines were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that persons going by would see real jackpot winners … be enticed to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our conviction is that this is no longer the case.

Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots close to any entrances.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly 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 slots 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.