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Volumes have been said on this item, and the disquiet and feuds about where the "hot" slots are installed in a casino are still rampant – over 60 yrs after slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slot games were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would see jackpot winners and be enthralled to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our interpretation is that this is no longer true.

Most of the big name casinos these days are immense complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close-by any of the doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slot games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. Importantly though, 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 slot 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!

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