Volumes have been set forth on this issue, and the conflict and discussion about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still rampant – 60 years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be tempted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is not so anymore.

Nearly all of the big name casinos presently are giant complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.