Books have been written on this topic, and the disquiet and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machines are positioned in a casino are still taking place – over 60 yrs after slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the superior slot games were located just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would see jackpot winners and be challenged to come inside … play. Our resolve is that this is not so anymore.

The majority of the major casinos these days are grand complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any doorways.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Importantly though, we find that this also is no longer a universal rule.

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 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 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 slot machines.