Books have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and disagreement about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still on-going – more than sixty yrs after slot machine games were 1st placed in casinos.

The classic rule is that the most favorable slot games were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be influenced to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our attitude is that this is not so anymore.

Just about all of the big name casinos nowadays are grand complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 one armed bandits 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 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 slots.