Books have been said on this item, and the contention and disagreement about where the "hot" one armed bandits are positioned in the casino are still intense – 60 years after slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the very best slots were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that folks walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be enthralled to come inside … play. Our viewpoint is that this is definitely no longer the case.

The majority of the major casinos nowadays are massive complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any entrances.

Another standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized 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 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.