Books have been stated on this subject, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still passionate – over 60 years after the slots were first placed in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the most favorable slot games were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be captivated to come into the casino … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Practically all of the mega casinos presently are gigantic complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games near any doors.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. 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 slot machines 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose one armed bandits.