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Volumes have been written on this matter, and the debates and ruckus about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still bubbling – over sixty years after the slots were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The traditional rule is that the more favourable slots were put just inside the main doorway of the casino; so that folks passing by would see actual jackpot winners … be stirred to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our verdict is that this is definitely no longer the case.

Nearly all of the big name casinos these days are enormous complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doors.

Yet another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be galvanized 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 slot machine 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!

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