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Books have been stated on this issue, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still rampant – over 60 years after one armed bandits were first placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the better one armed bandits were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our presumption is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Practically all of the big name casinos these days are gigantic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 slot 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.