Books have been said on this subject, and the contention and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still there – more than sixty years after slot machine games were first placed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the very best slot machine games were located just inside the entrance of the casino; so that persons going by would see actual jackpot winners and be drawn to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our observation is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Many of the major casinos nowadays are immense complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slots are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be influenced 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 slot 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 perspective about where to place the loose slot machine games.