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Volumes have been written on this topic, and the conflict and discourse about where the "hot" slot machines are located in the casino are still there - over 60 years after slot games were 1st added to the gaming floor in the casinos.

The standard rule is that the better slot games were put just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players going by would be able to see actual jackpot winners ... be stirred to come inside ... play. Our standpoint is that this is not so anymore.

Most of the mega casinos today are oversized complexes and now you can't see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to position the 'loose' slot machine games close to any entrances.

An additional standard rule is that loose slot machines are placed on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more people could see winning jackpots and be energized to play. 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 the slot machines 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!

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