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Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the controversy and interchanges about where the "hot" slot machine games are installed in a casino are still raging – more than 60 yrs after the slots were first placed in casinos.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slot games were placed just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that potential players going by would see real jackpot winners and be intrigued enough to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our conclusion is that this is no longer the case.

Just about all of the large casinos presently are jumbo complexes and it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ slots close-by any entrances.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be motivated 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!

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