Volumes have been stated on this issue, and the conflict and discussion about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still raging – over 60 yrs after one armed bandits were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot games were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would see actual jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come into the casino … play. Our observation is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Practically all of the major casinos today are oversized complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably though, 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.