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Volumes have been written on this issue, and the bickering and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are located in the casino are still on-going – sixty years after the slot machines were first added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The classic rule is that the very best slot machine games were put just inside the entrance of the casino; so that potential gamblers passing by would see real jackpot winners and be possessed to come inside and play. Our opinion is that this is no longer the case.

Almost all of the large casinos presently are grand complexes and it’s no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any exits.

Another standard rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential players could see winning jackpots and be roused to play. Importantly 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 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!

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