Volumes have been stated on this subject, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in a casino are still there – over 60 yrs after the slots were 1st installed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the better slot machines were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be stimulated to come into the casino … play. Our slant is that this is definitely no longer so.

Just about all of the mega casinos nowadays are gigantic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. However, 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 one armed bandits 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.