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Volumes have been written on this matter, and the contention and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still rampant – more than sixty yrs after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the better one armed bandits were positioned just inside the entry of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see jackpot winners and be baited to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the major casinos today are enormous complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games near any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.