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Books have been written on this item, and the bickering and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still taking place – over 60 years after slots were first placed in gambling houses.

The standard rule is that the more favourable slot machines were placed just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that persons walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be attracted to come inside … play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is not so anymore.

Nearly all of the big name casinos today are colossal complexes … you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot machines near any entrances or exits.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot machine games are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.