Volumes have been written on this topic, and the contention and discussion about where the "hot" video slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – over 60 years after slot games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be intrigued enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our view is that this is not so anymore.

Practically all of the big name casinos presently are humongous complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slots close-by any of the doors.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Interestingly though, 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot machines.