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Books have been written on this matter, and the controversy and disharmony about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in a casino are still taking place – over sixty years after the slots were 1st placed in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the best slot machine games were located just inside the main door of the casino; so that individuals passing by would see actual jackpot winners and be smitten to come unto the gambling floor … play. Our resolution is that this is definitely no longer true.

Most of the large casinos today are behemothic complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to situate the ‘loose’ slot games close to any exits.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are installed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be encouraged to play. Interestingly though, 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 the 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 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!

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