Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after the slots were first placed in gambling dens.

The standard rule is that the more favourable slot games were placed just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential gamblers going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be keen enough to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our estimation is that this is no longer the case.

The majority of the mega casinos these days are immense complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close to any entrances or exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Nonetheless, 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 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!

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