Volumes have been set forth on this topic, and the conflict and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still ongoing – more than sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the superior slot machine games were installed just inside the main foyer of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would see jackpot winners and be baited to come into the casino and play. Our frame of mind is that this is no longer the case.

Practically all of the large casinos nowadays are super-colossal complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits close to any entrances or exits.

Another standard rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly 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 slot machine games 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slots.