Volumes have been said on this subject, and the contention and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in a casino are still there – 60 years after slot machine games were 1st placed in gambling dens.

The classic rule is that the very best slots were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be attracted to come into the casino and play. Our resolve is that this is definitely no longer so.

Many of the large casinos today are grand complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably 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 slot games 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!

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