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Books have been stated on this topic, and the controversy and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still rampant - over sixty years after slot games were first installed in gambling dens.

The classic rule is that the very best one armed bandits were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners ... be infatuated enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer so.

The great majority of the mega casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the 'loose' slots close-by any entrances or exits.

Yet another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly 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 slot machines 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.