Books have been said on this matter, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still passionate – more than 60 years after slots were first placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be stirred to come into the casino … play. Our sentiment is that this is definitely no longer so.

Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are monstrous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines in close proximity to any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, we find that this also isn’t 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 one armed bandits 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 games.