Books have been written on this matter, and the disquiet and ruckus about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still on-going – over 60 yrs after slot machine games were 1st installed in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the superior one armed bandits were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be smitten to come inside … play. Our assurance is that this is no longer true.

Almost all of the mega casinos presently are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any exits.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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 slots.