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Volumes have been written on this item, and the disquiet and arguments about where the "hot" slot games are positioned in a casino are still bubbling – sixty years after the slots were first added to the gaming floor in gambling dens.

The traditional rule is that the superior slot machines were placed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see jackpot winners and be attracted to come into the casino and play. Our estimation is that this is definitely no longer true.

Almost all of the mega casinos presently are massive complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games in close proximity to any doorways.

Yet another standard rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Nonetheless, 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 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 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 machines.