Volumes have been said on this issue, and the debates and disagreement about where the "hot" one armed bandits are located in the casino are still bubbling – sixty years after slot games were 1st installed in the casinos.
The classic rule is that the better slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners and be enthralled to come inside … play. Our speculation is that this is no longer the case.
Almost all of the large casinos these days are oversized complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games near any entrances.
Another traditional rule is that loose one armed bandits are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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!
Today, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.
