Volumes have been set forth on this matter, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still happening – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first installed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entry of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be stimulated to come inside and play. Our point of view is that this is not so anymore.

Most of the big name casinos nowadays are mammoth complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near any of the doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly however, 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 one armed bandits.