Volumes have been written on this item, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still taking place – sixty years after slots were 1st installed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the better slot machines were placed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see real jackpot winners … be titillated to come into the casino … play. Our estimation is that this is not so anymore.

The majority of the big name casinos presently are super-colossal complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close to any entrances or exits.

An additional traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Interestingly 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.