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Books have been set forth on this issue, and the bickering and discord about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still raging – sixty years after slots were 1st placed in gambling dens.

The classic rule is that the best slots were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that people passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be tempted to come inside and play. Our perspective is that this is no longer the case.

Most of the mega casinos these days are gigantic complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot machines near to any doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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.