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Books have been said on this subject, and the conflict and face-offs about where the "hot" slot machine games are placed in the casino are still ongoing – sixty years after slots were first added to the gaming floor in casinos.

The traditional rule is that the most favorable slot machine games were positioned just inside the main entrance of the casino; so that people walking by would see actual jackpot winners and be convinced to come into the casino … play. Our theory is that this is no longer the case.

Practically all of the mega casinos these days are mammoth complexes and now you can’t see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot machine games in close proximity to any entrances or exits.

Another traditional rule is that loose slot games are put on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more folks could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably however, 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!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.