Books have been written on this item, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still on-going – over sixty yrs after slots were 1st placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the best slot machine games were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see real jackpot winners … be convinced to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our finding is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Most of the major casinos today are grand complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any of the doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. However, 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 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 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!

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