Books have been set forth on this topic, and the controversy and discord about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still ongoing – sixty years after one armed bandits were 1st placed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were installed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our stance is that this is no longer the case.

Most of the mega casinos nowadays are huge complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots near to any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 slot machine games.