Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the controversy and arguments about where the "hot" slot machines are installed in the casino are still intense – 60 years after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the very best slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that people passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come into the casino … play. Our philosophy is that this is not so anymore.

Most of the mega casinos presently are jumbo complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any entrances.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose one armed bandits.