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Volumes have been written on this matter, and the contention and disagreement about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still rampant - more than 60 years after slots were first placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the superior one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come unto the gaming floor ... play. Our verdict is that this is definitely no longer so.

The majority of the mega casinos today are gigantic complexes and it's no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to situate the 'loose' slots close to any exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably though, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.