Books have been set forth on this item, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in the casino are still bubbling – over 60 yrs after slot machines were first installed in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the better one armed bandits were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be titillated to come inside … play. Our sentiment is that this is no longer true.

Almost all of the big name casinos today are grand 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 to any entrances or exits.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 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 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 slots.