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Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and arguments about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still there – over sixty yrs after slots were 1st installed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the superior one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be convinced to come inside … play. Our leaning is that this is no longer true.

Practically all of the major casinos presently are mammoth complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any of the doors.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly 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 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 one armed bandits.