Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the controversy and disagreement about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still happening – more than sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the superior slot machine games were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be titillated to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our theorem is that this is definitely no longer true.

Just about all of the major casinos nowadays are huge complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games near to any of the doors.

Another classic rule is that loose one armed bandits are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. 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 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.