Books have been set forth on this topic, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still happening – more than 60 years after slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the best slot games were positioned just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be stimulated to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our thought is that this is not so anymore.

Nearly all of the big name casinos these days are herculean complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances or exits.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Importantly though, 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 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.