Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in a casino are still on-going – more than 60 yrs after slot machines were first installed in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable slot games were positioned just inside the door of the casino; so that individuals walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come into the casino and play. Our assessment is that this is definitely no longer true.

Just about all of the big name casinos nowadays are herculean complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly however, 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 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.