Books have been set forth on this subject, and the conflict and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still passionate – sixty years after slots were 1st installed in gambling dens.

The quintessential rule is that the better slot games were put just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that everyone passing by would see jackpot winners and be enticed to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our persuasion is that this is definitely no longer so.

Practically all of the big name casinos today are oversized complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any doorways.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks 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 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.