Volumes have been set forth on this item, and the conflict and feuds about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still bubbling – sixty years after one armed bandits were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the best one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be enthralled to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our persuasion is that this is definitely no longer so.

Just about all of the large casinos today are super-colossal complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances.

Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Notably however, 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 the 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 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 one armed bandits.