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Volumes have been set forth on this subject, and the conflict and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still intense – more than sixty yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in the casinos.

The classic rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were placed just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that folks passing by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be drawn to come into the casino … play. Our view is that this is definitely no longer the case.

The majority of the large casinos these days are jumbo complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slots in close proximity to any doorways.

An additional standard rule is that loose slots are placed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be influenced to play. However, 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 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!

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