Volumes have been written on this issue, and the conflict and discord about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still taking place – sixty yrs after slots were first placed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the most favorable slots were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would be able to see jackpot winners … be keen enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our perspective is that this is not so anymore.

Just about all of the major casinos these days are mammoth complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots close to any doors.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 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 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slots.