Volumes have been said on this item, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still taking place – over sixty yrs after slot games were first placed in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the most favorable slot machines were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see jackpot winners and be possessed to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our inference is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Practically all of the major casinos nowadays are immense complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close-by any of the doors.

Yet another standard rule is that loose one armed bandits are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be inspired 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 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!

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