Volumes have been said on this topic, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are located in a casino are still there – over 60 years after slot games were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the better slot machines were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that everyone passing by would see jackpot winners … be captivated to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our leaning is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the big name casinos today are behemothic complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 machine 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!

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