Books have been said on this issue, and the controversy and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are placed in the casino are still bubbling – more than 60 yrs after the slots were 1st placed in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot machines were installed just inside the main entry of the casino; so that individuals walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be smitten to come into the casino … play. Our inference is that this is no longer the case.

The great majority of the major casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any of the doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 slot machine games 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!

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