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Books have been stated on this issue, and the bickering and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still taking place – 60 years after slot machines were first placed in casinos.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slots were located just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that casino fanatics passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be smitten to come inside and play. Our viewpoint is that this is no longer the case.

Almost all of the major casinos today are super-colossal complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slots near to any doorways.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. However, 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!

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