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Books have been said on this item, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" video slots are located in a casino are still on-going – over 60 yrs after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the best slot machine games were installed just inside the entrance of the casino; so that fun seekers going by would see real jackpot winners and be influenced to come into the casino … play. Our perspective is that this is definitely no longer so.

Almost all of the big name casinos these days are mammoth complexes … it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to put the ‘loose’ slot machines close to any doors.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Interestingly though, 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 the slot machines 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!

Nowadays, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot machine games.