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Books have been said on this issue, and the disquiet and squabbling about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still there – over 60 years after slot machines were first placed in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the very best slot machine games were located just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come into the casino … play. Our finding is that this is no longer true.

Just about all of the big name casinos presently are colossal complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot machine games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. Interestingly though, 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 slot machine 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.