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Books have been stated on this issue, and the controversy and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still happening – more than sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the superior one armed bandits were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer so.

Most of the major casinos presently are huge complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any doors.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players 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 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 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 one armed bandits.

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