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Volumes have been written on this subject, and the disquiet and discussion about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still there – 60 years after the slots were first placed in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the superior slot games were located just inside the entry of the casino; so that casino fanatics walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be aroused to come unto the gambling floor and play. Our deduction is that this is definitely no longer the case.

The majority of the major casinos nowadays are oversized complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to have the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any entrances or exits.

Yet another traditional 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 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 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 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 slots.