Volumes have been said on this matter, and the contention and feuds about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still raging – sixty yrs after one armed bandits were 1st placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the best slot machines were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be smitten to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our viewpoint is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Just about all of the mega casinos presently are huge complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots close to any of the doors.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Notably though, 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 the slots 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.