Books have been set forth on this topic, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still ongoing – over sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the superior one armed bandits were positioned just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players passing by would see real jackpot winners … be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our stance is that this is definitely no longer so.

Almost all of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any of the doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. 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 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.