Books have been written on this item, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still passionate – more than sixty yrs after slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the best slot machines were placed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be possessed to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our reasoning is that this is no longer the case.

Most of the mega casinos presently are huge complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any entrances.

Yet another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.