Books have been said on this item, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still rampant – 60 yrs after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the better slots were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be baited to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our thought is that this is definitely no longer true.

Just about all of the major casinos nowadays are giant complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any of the doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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 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 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.