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Books have been written on this matter, and the debates and interchanges about where the "hot" slots are placed in a casino are still passionate – over 60 yrs after slot machine games were 1st added to the gaming floor in gambling houses.

The quintessential rule is that the best slot games were located just inside the main entry of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be keen enough to come into the casino and play. Our interpretation is that this is no longer the case.

Most of the mega casinos today are giant complexes … now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits in close proximity to any exits.

Yet another traditional rule is that loose slot machines are located on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be inspired to play. Nonetheless, 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 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.