Volumes have been said on this item, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" slots are positioned in the casino are still taking place – more than sixty yrs after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the better slots were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be infatuated enough to come inside and play. Our position is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Almost all of the large casinos today are immense complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any entrances.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.