Books have been set forth on this topic, and the bickering and discord about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still raging – 60 years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would see real jackpot winners … be influenced to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Nearly all of the mega casinos nowadays are huge complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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 slots 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 perspective about where to place the loose slots.