Volumes have been stated on this topic, and the bickering and interchanges about where the "hot" video slots are located in the casino are still raging – sixty years after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the best slot machines were installed just inside the main door of the casino; so that everyone walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be enthralled to come into the casino and play. Our position is that this is no longer the case.

Just about all of the big name casinos presently are giant complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slots near any entrances or exits.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Importantly however, 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 the slot machines 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 machines.