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Books have been said on this item, and the contention and discussion about where the "hot" slot machines are placed in a casino are still bubbling – more than 60 yrs after the slot machines were 1st installed in casinos.

The standard rule is that the very best slot machine games were put just inside the main door of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see actual jackpot winners and be challenged to come inside … play. Our reasoning is that this is not so anymore.

Most of the mega casinos today are mammoth complexes and you no longer can see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ slot games close-by any doorways.

An additional traditional rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more persons could see winning jackpots and be roused 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 slot machine 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!

Today, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slots.

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