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Books have been said on this matter, and the disquiet and discord about where the "hot" slot games are located in the casino are still happening – 60 yrs after slot machine games were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the better slot machine games were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners … be enticed to come inside … play. Our thought is that this is not so anymore.

Almost all of the large casinos these days are herculean complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any doorways.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Notably however, we find that this also isn’t 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 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 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 slots.