Volumes have been said on this item, and the debates and discourse about where the "hot" slot machines are installed in a casino are still rampant – more than 60 yrs after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the superior one armed bandits were located just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our conclusion is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Almost all of the large casinos presently are massive complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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 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 one armed bandits.