Volumes have been written on this matter, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in the casino are still rampant – more than 60 years after slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the most favorable one armed bandits were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that people passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our resolution is that this is no longer the case.

Most 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 situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doors.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. However, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slots.