Volumes have been written on this topic, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in a casino are still there – more than 60 years after slot machines were first placed in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the superior slot machines were positioned just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential players passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our interpretation is that this is not so anymore.

Just about all of the major casinos presently are gigantic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any of the doors.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot games are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly however, we find that this also is not 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.