Books have been said on this topic, and the disquiet and disagreement about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still bubbling – 60 years after one armed bandits were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that individuals passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be impressed enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our interpretation is that this is definitely no longer true.

The majority of the mega casinos these days are humongous complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any of the doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Notably 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 the slot machines 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.