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Books have been written on this matter, and the contention and disagreement about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still taking place – over sixty years after the slots were first placed in casinos.
The classic rule is that the better one armed bandits were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that everyone walking by would see jackpot winners … be impressed enough to come inside … play. Our estimation is that this is no longer true.
The great majority of the big name casinos these days are gigantic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any exits.
An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.
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 slot machine games 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.
