Volumes have been written on this item, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The traditional rule is that the best one armed bandits were put just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would see jackpot winners and be titillated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our speculation is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Many of the large casinos presently are enormous complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, 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 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.