Books have been stated on this item, and the disquiet and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still ongoing – 60 yrs after the slots were first placed in casinos.

The classic rule is that the very best slot games were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be aroused to come into the casino and play. Our resolve is that this is no longer true.

Nearly all of the major casinos presently are behemothic complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close to any of the doors.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, 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 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 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 games.