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Volumes have been written on this issue, and the contention and squabbling about where the "hot" slot machine games are positioned in a casino are still passionate – more than 60 years after slot games were 1st installed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the more favourable slot machine games were installed just inside the entry of the casino; so that potential players walking by would be able to see jackpot winners … be inspired to come into the casino … play. Our standpoint is that this is definitely no longer so.

Almost all of the big name casinos nowadays are super-colossal complexes … it is not possible to see inside from the sidewalk, so there is no longer a reason to position the ‘loose’ slot machine games close to any entrances or exits.

Another classic rule is that loose slots are installed on the major aisles inside the casinos, again so that more potential gamblers could see winning jackpots and be motivated to play. Notably though, 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 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!

In recent times, casinos are constantly changing their perspective about where to place the loose slot games.