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Volumes have been written on this topic, and the conflict and feuds about where the "hot" video slots are positioned in a casino are still intense - over 60 years after slots were 1st installed in casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the best slot machines were positioned just inside the main entryway of the casino; so that casino fanatics going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners ... be infatuated enough to come inside ... play. Our sneaking suspicion is that this is no longer true.

Many of the large casinos presently are gigantic complexes ... now you can't see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to situate the 'loose' slot machines in close proximity to any doors.

Another classic rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, 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 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 slot games.