Volumes have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – more than sixty yrs after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be convinced to come inside and play. Our perspective is that this is no longer the case.

The great majority of the large casinos nowadays are behemothic complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any entrances or exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.

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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machines.