Books have been set forth on this item, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are installed in the casino are still ongoing – 60 yrs after slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the best slot games were put just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see jackpot winners and be enthralled to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer so.

Practically all of the big name casinos presently are herculean complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any exits.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, 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 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!

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