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Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – over sixty years after slot machines were first placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot games were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our reckoning is that this is definitely no longer true.

The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are massive complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances or exits.

Another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably however, 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 the 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.

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