Books have been written on this matter, and the controversy and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still ongoing – over sixty yrs after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the best slot machine games were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino and play. Our persuasion is that this is no longer the case.

The majority of the big name casinos nowadays are titanic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly 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 slot 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.