Volumes have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still taking place – more than 60 years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the best slot machine games were placed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people passing by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be drawn to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our inference is that this is not so anymore.

Many of the major casinos today are monstrous complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doors.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Interestingly 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 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 slots.