Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the bickering and squabbling about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still taking place – more than sixty yrs after slot machines were 1st installed in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the better slot games were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would see jackpot winners … be inspired to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our reasoning is that this is no longer true.

Just about all of the large casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot games close to any of the doors.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.