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Volumes have been said on this topic, and the conflict and feuds about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still raging - over sixty years after the slot machines were 1st added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the better slot machine games were located just inside the door of the casino; so that folks going by would be able to see jackpot winners ... be tempted to come into the casino and play. Our estimation is that this is no longer true.

The great majority of the large casinos today are huge complexes ... it's no longer possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there's no longer a reason to have the 'loose' slot machines in close proximity to any doors.

An additional classic rule is that loose slot games are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Importantly though, we find that this also isn't 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 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 philosophy about where to place the loose slots.