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Volumes have been said on this item, and the controversy and discourse about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in a casino are still rampant - 60 years after the slot machines were first placed in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the best slots were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see real jackpot winners ... be titillated to come inside and play. Our resolution is that this is not so anymore.

Practically all of the mega casinos presently are colossal complexes ... it's no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to put the 'loose' one armed bandits close to any doorways.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.

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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.