Volumes have been said on this subject, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machines are located in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the better one armed bandits were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see jackpot winners … be tempted to come inside … play. Our view is that this is no longer true.

The majority of the major casinos nowadays are immense complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slots are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Nonetheless, 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 the slot machines 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!

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