Books have been stated on this issue, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are placed in the casino are still intense – sixty years after the slots were first placed in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the superior slot machine games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that everyone going by would see jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our presumption is that this is definitely no longer true.

Practically all of the big name casinos presently are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machine games near to any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Interestingly 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 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!

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