Books have been stated on this subject, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in the casino are still taking place – 60 years after slot games were first placed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best slot games were placed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be aroused to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our conclusion is that this is no longer the case.

Almost all of the big name casinos presently are enormous complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near to any doors.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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 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 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot games.