Volumes have been stated on this matter, and the conflict and arguments about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still taking place – over sixty years after slot games were first placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the best slot machines were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would see jackpot winners and be enticed to come inside and play. Our determination is that this is definitely no longer true.

Almost all of the major casinos these days are magnificent complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any doorways.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Notably however, 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 the 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.