Books have been set forth on this issue, and the debates and squabbling about where the "hot" slot games are installed in the casino are still there – sixty yrs after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the most favorable slots were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be challenged to come inside … play. Our determination is that this is definitely no longer true.

The great majority of the large casinos presently are immense complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any entrances.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly 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 slots 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!

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