Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the debates and disharmony about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in the casino are still raging – over 60 years after slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machines were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be attracted to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our inclination is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the big name casinos today are monstrous complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near to any entrances or exits.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. 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 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!

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