Books have been written on this issue, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" video slots are installed in the casino are still intense – over 60 years after slot machines were 1st installed in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the superior slot machines were placed just inside the door of the casino; so that fun seekers passing by would see real jackpot winners … be baited to come unto the gaming floor and play. Our leaning is that this is definitely no longer true.

Nearly all of the large casinos presently are immense complexes … you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machine games close-by any entrances.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly however, 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.