Volumes have been stated on this item, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still there – 60 years after the slots were first placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be influenced to come inside … play. Our inference is that this is no longer the case.

Just about all of the big name casinos nowadays are oversized 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 near any doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Nonetheless, 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 one armed bandits 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.