Books have been stated on this issue, and the debates and discord about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still intense – over sixty years after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that folks passing by would see jackpot winners … be smitten to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our sentiment is that this is not so anymore.

Just about all of the big name casinos these days are giant complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near any doorways.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 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 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 slot games.