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Volumes have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" one armed bandits are placed in a casino are still taking place – more than 60 yrs after slot games were 1st installed in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that individuals walking by would see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer so.

Nearly all of the large casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots close to any entrances.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably though, 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 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 slot machine games.