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Volumes have been said on this issue, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" one armed bandits are installed in the casino are still passionate – more than sixty years after the slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable one armed bandits were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that persons passing by would be able to see jackpot winners and be attracted to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our attitude is that this is definitely no longer true.

Most of the large casinos presently are jumbo complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably though, we find that this also is not 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 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!

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