Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still bubbling – more than 60 yrs after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be inspired to come into the casino and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is no longer true.

Practically all of the big name casinos today are immense complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close to any exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly though, 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 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.