i would approach this with some fore-planning. first, i would have each chip have a value property (how much it's worth), in addition to a slot property to indicate which slot the chip is placed on. (btw, you do not need to intialize chip.slot=undefined. chip.slot will be undefined unless you explicitly define it which you're not going to do unless it's dropped on a slot).
and each slot1,..,slot36,slot0,slot00 i would add to a parent movieclip (say table) and assign it a property storing its slot number (though this can be derived easily using the slot movieclip's _name property and the flash string methods).
and i would create the initial setup using some parameters to give you more flexibility:
var chipValA:Array=[1,5,25,100]; // chip values
var chipNumA:Array=[20,20,20,20]; // number of $1, $5, $25, $100 chips.
i would create 1 of each of those chips and assign a linkage id: chip1_ID,chip5_ID,chip25_ID,chip100_ID
you could then code:
var dep:Number = 0;
for(var i:Number=0;i<chipNumA.length;i++){
for(var j:Number=0;j<chipNumA[i];j++){
var mc:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("chip"+chipValA[i]+"_ID","chip_"+dep,dep++);
mc.value=chipValA[i];
// assign _x and _y properties
mc.startX=mc._x;
mc.startY=mc._y;
mc.onPress=function(){
this.startDrag();
}
mc.onRelease=mc.onReleaseOutside=function(){
for(mc in table){ // loops through all the slots
if(typeof(table[mc])=="movieclip"&&table[mc]._parent==table){
if(eval(this._droptarget)== table[mc]){
if(table[mc].chip==undefined){
this._x=table[mc]._x;
this._y=table[mc]._y;
this.slot=table[mc].slot;
table[mc].chip=this;
} else {
// this slot already has a chip on it. decide what to do. replace previously placed chip, add to slot or return this chip to its startX,startY
}
} else {
this._x=this.startX;
this._y=this.startY;
}
}
}
}
then when your wheel spins you can loop through all the table children like above (to loop through all the slots), to see which have a chip property. the chip property references the chip(s) placed on that slot and has(have) a value property so you can determine the amount won.
after each slot's payout is determined, reassign the slot's chip property to undefined.
if a slot can hold multiple chips, make its slot property an array so you can push chips into the array should there be more than one chip placed on a slot.
