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Books have been said on this issue, and the bickering and feuds about where the "hot" slots are located in a casino are still intense - 60 yrs after slot games were first placed in casinos.

The classic rule is that the most favorable slot machines were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see real jackpot winners ... be stirred to come unto the gaming floor ... play. Our disposition is that this is definitely no longer the case.

The great majority of the big name casinos today are titanic complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to position the 'loose' one armed bandits near any entrances.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slots are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons 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 slots.