Volumes have been said on this issue, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – sixty years after slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slots were installed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be mesmerized enough to come into the casino and play. Our philosophy is that this is no longer the case.

Just about all of the major casinos nowadays are giant complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances or exits.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 slot 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.